Lyrics to
The Wrangell Mountain Song

This version of The Wrangell Mountain Song was released by John Denver in 1976.

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Sunday, and it’s raining in Alaska. Seven days, I haven’t seen the sun.
Flying bush, flying low along the shoreline, doing everything I can to make it home.
I can’t wait to see the Wrangell Mountains. I can’t wait to do what I will do.
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
when I can’t wait to get back home to you.

Three years from the war, settled down now.
I did my time and served my country well.
In the freedom I defended, I fly beneath the North Star,
And I just don’t know a better way to feel.
I can’t wait to see the Wrangell Mountains. I can’t wait to do what I will do.
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
when I can’t wait to get back home to you.

It’s a quiet life out here among the mountains
in a cabin that was built with these two hands.

McCarthy lies asleep beside the glacier. It’s colder now, winter’s in the air.
If you think they’re wild, it’s just because they can’t be broken,
it’s a strong and gentle people living there.
I can’t wait to see the Wrangell Mountains. I can’t wait to do what I will do.
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
when I can’t wait to get back home to you.
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
when I can’t wait to get back home to you.

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About Lyrics and The Wrangell Mountain Song by John Denver

The lyrics for The Wrangell Mountain Song are defined as the words making up the song released by John Denver in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Wrangell Mountain Song have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only John Denver and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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