From the top of lookout mountain You can see Georgia, Alabama And all the way to the Carolina coast And the trail in Chattanooga Was a hell of a place to lose her I spent all damn night watching her leave So lookout mountain there she goes Where she stops nobody knows She might be halfway across the state From here she looks so close Lookout heartbreak here I come 'Cause right now she's on the run And over the edge is the only way around it So lookout whiskey, lookout lonely, lookout mountain That speed trap to Nickajack Dam Didn't even slow her down I kept prayin' that I'd see those taillights glow And I knew she was really leavin' When she topped over ol' Mount Eagle How can I be up so high But still feel so damn low Lookout mountain there she goes Where she stops nobody knows She might be halfway across the state From here she looks so close Lookout heartbreak here I come 'Cause right now she's on the run And over the edge is the only way around it So lookout whiskey, lookout lonely, lookout mountain Lookout mountain She's the only thing that'll keep me from falling down it And she just passed the last place to turn around it So lookout mountain there she goes Where she stops nobody knows She might be halfway across the state From here she looks so close Lookout heartbreak here I come Right now she's on the run And over the edge is the only way around it Going over the edge is the only way around it So lookout whiskey, lookout lonely, lookout mountain Better lookout mountain Lookout mountain
