Jeremiah Johnson - Ballad of a Mountain Man - Tim McIntire

JEREMIAH JOHNSON
(USA 1972)
The Ballad of Jeremiah Johnson
Song by Tim McIntire
Music by John Rubinstein
& Tim McIntire

Lyrics:
Jeremiah Johnson made his way into the mountains
Bettin' on forgettin' all the troubles that he knew
The trail was wide and narrow
And the eagle or the sparrow
Showed the path he was to follow as they flew.
A mountain man's a lonely man
And he leaves a life behind
It ought to have been different, but oftimes you will find,
That the story doesn't always go that way you had in mind.
Jeremiah's story was that kind. . .
Jeremiah's story was that kind.

An Indian says you search in vain for what you cannot find.
He says you'll find a thousand ways for runnin' down your time.
An Indian didn't scream it, he said it in a song,
And he's never been known to be wrong.
He's never been known to be wrong.

The way that you wander is the way that you choose,
The day that you tarry is the day that you lose.
Sunshine or thunder, a man will always wonder.
Where the fair wind blows.
Jeremiah Johnson made his way into the mountains
He was Bettin' on forgettin' all the troubles that he knew

N o t e :
JEREMIAH JOHNSON is a 1972 western film. It was directed by Sydney Pollack, and starred Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. The movie is said to have been based in-part on the life of the legendary mountain man Liver-Eating Johnston. It is based on Raymond Thorp/Robert Bunker's "Crow Killer" and Vardis Fisher's Mountain Man and scripted by John Milius and Edward Anhalt. The movie was filmed in Utah at various locations.