There's too many mountains too many mountains Too many mountains to cross No trails to follow through dark thick hollows And ev'rybody here figures they got lost I live here in the Smoky Mountains Where honor means much more than gold It's a man's duty to protect his honor I defended mine but no one knows 'Coz it's understood in the Smoky Mountains To take another's woman was the worst kind of wrong But he and my darlin' broke the code of the mountain And I'm the only one who knows where they've gone And there's too many mountains too many mountains Too many mountains to cross No trails to follow through dark thick hollows And ev'rybody here figures they got lost Yes they tried to cross over the mountain They didn't have it in their plan I'd follow them through ev'ry ridge and hollow 'Coz I know these mountains like the back of my hand And there's too many mountains too many mountains Too many mountains to cross No trails to follow through dark thick hollows And ev'rybody here figures they got lost It's a man's duty to protect his honour And ev'rybody here figures they got lost But he and my darlin' broke the code of the mountain And ev'rybody here figured they got lost