Climbing Mountains

"Pikeville Proud"

Intro: (Soft, melancholic melody)

Verse 1:

Hailing from Pike ville, Bledsoe County's heart

Where folks are down-to-earth, right from the start

We were the bottom rung, the outcasts, the unseen

Struggled through hard times, a world full of mean

Chorus:

Forty years of climbin', Pike ville's my ground

From the valley's low point, I've finally found

A mountaintop view, where dreams take flight

Bledsoe County's son, shinin' ever so bright

Verse 2:

Dirt roads and backyards, where memories reside

Broke, tired and hungry, we had nothing but pride

But I rose from the ashes, like a phoenix reborn

Blowed around and beaten I weathered the storm

Chorus:

Forty years of climbin', Pike ville's my ground

From the valley's low point, I've finally found

A mountaintop view, where dreams take flight

Bledsoe County's son, shinin' ever so bright

Bridge:

Sequatchie River flowin', a constant reminder

Of the days gone by, and lessons acquired

Now I'm givin' back, to my hometown's grace

Payin' it forward, in this special place

Chorus:

Forty years of climbin', Pike ville's my ground

From the valley's low point, I've finally found

My place living on top of the old plateau

Look at me now, I'm on top of the county Bledsoe

Outro: (Instrumental, building to a triumphant finish)