Looking Towards the Mountains Far

Looking towards the mountains far

brightened by a distant star

they thought of all that they had seen

Where they'd gone

Where they'd been

With faith alone they survived a time

among a Georgia mountain line -

Sharp Top, Mole, Little Pine

Hendrix, Oglethorpe

Along the spine

High above the valleys where

the old families would tend and care -

Pendley, Fields, Darnell and Long

built their orchards,

bathed in song.

Singing hymnals by the creek

at Sharptop Baptist every week.

on humbled knees they'd pray and bow

to jesus Christ

as they knew how.

Looking towards the mountains quaint

brightened by a memory faint

they thought of all who came before,

Who made this place

that we adore.