Track 9 of the album Kitchen Window Choir · 2023
Up the Mountain Road in Second Gear
“A flask, a bag of plums and the windows rolled down. We recorded the chorus with the car doors open.”
folk-pop · road-trip folk-pop · sunny driving pop · 2:53
Lyrics
We packed the flask and a bag of plums Rolled the windows down The road goes up in lazy loops Above the sleeping town A sheep stands still in the middle lane Like she's got the right of way We wait and wave and she wanders off And we laugh the whole next bend away Up the mountain road in second gear Every turn a bit more sky The engine hums, the hedges fall away And the world gets small and wide Up the mountain road, we're not in a hurry Sing along, the view is coming near Up the mountain road in second gear A stone hut sits by a silver stream Smoke curls from its chimney stack We pull in to stretch and share the plums Then we load the old car back Up the mountain road in second gear Every turn a bit more sky The engine hums, the hedges fall away And the world gets small and wide Up the mountain road, we're not in a hurry Sing along, the view is coming near Up the mountain road in second gear Clouds below us, clouds above Hands on the wheel, hearts in the air Nobody knows quite where we are And nobody needs to care Up the mountain road in second gear Every turn a bit more sky The engine hums, the hedges fall away And the world gets small and wide Up the mountain road, we're not in a hurry Sing along, the view is coming near Up the mountain road in second gear Second gear, second gear The view is coming near