They lived together in a dirty old shack At the edge of the black rocky mountain And they drank mountain dew and they lived on the food That they grew at the side of the mountain Shes a mountain woman, hes her mountain man They [? ] down the valley Shes a mountain woman, hes her mountain man Uneducated but theyre happy Mountain woman couldnt read nor write But she knew good from evil, she know wrong from right When the government tried to buy her water rights Her intuition was her only guide Shes a mountain woman, hes her mountain man They [? ] by the valley Shes a mountain woman, hes her mountain man Uneducated but theyre happy Spend my life with my mountain woman Were uneducated by were happy The civil servant used compulsory purchase To acquire the [? ] for the nation Theyll dig up the land, theyre gonna make a dam And build a hydroelectric power station And now she lives on the 33rd floor Of a man-made concrete mountain She got an elevator and refrigerator And an automobile to run around in Fast talkin lawyers from the government Went and beat proud mountain woman down Hey mountain woman, take your mountain man They took your land and flood your valley Spend my life with my mountain woman Theyre uneducated by theyre happy