G C
1) On the high snow-topped mountain where the weathered 
pinyon pine
G Em C D
Where the mountain winds are born and the eagles 
feathers shines
G C
There's a creature crying in the night it echoes 
through the hills,
G Em D G
He looks down at the valley's lights then turns back to 
his kill.
C G Em
Chorus: Lone lion runs and the lone lion cries
C Am C D
He used to roam this whole land, but now he just gets 
by.

C G Em
Lone lion runs and the lone lion cries.
C D G
2) Well, he took it all in stride when the West he knew 
had died
He took to the lonesome places, swept there by the 
tide.
He'd wonder at the sights of them sparklin' city lights
But when he saw what we had done he just cried out at 
the night.
(Chorus)
3) Now the subdivisions knocking on the mountain's 
every door
And lots of folks are going where they never walked 
before.
The king's domain is shrinking like a cloud torn in the 
sky,
The writings on the wall that's why you'll hear him 
cry.
(Final Chorus)