See the mountains
With my lady
As the eagle
In the golden sky
Towers over purple majesty
In the mountains
Lives a freedom
There's a river
You can hear it say
From the delta flows the liberty
As the twilight of evening is broken
Lacy, silvery starlight unfolding
'Round and 'round in a world of emotion
Words of love sometimes better unspoken
Nothing equals a sea of devotion
Ooh, desire sets the wheels into motion
We all agree
We live to be free
They can't tell us
They can't tell us
How to be
We, we all agree
You individually
We the people
Share the power
Hold the key
This song of the week can be heard on the reissued Frontiers and the Time 3 boxed set.
Jonathan Cain made a habit of running a tape recorder during rehearsals, even breaks, and would listen to the tapes on his way home -- "just to make sure we weren't missing something." During pre-production sessions for "Frontiers," he caught Neal Schon during one of those breaks in a rock countryside vein. Perry & Cain contributed the patriotically themed lyrics and Perry cut the vocal live in the studio, although the results somehow never managed to wind up on the album. - Time 3 booklet
