We reached the top just before sunrise
The trees get small, then they just disappear
Out beyond the rocks and snow there was nothing but sky
New years day and the coldest day of the year

I've got blisters on my fingers
From a hundred red guitars
I've sung a thousand little love songs
In a million tiny bars
I've played the highest note
I've learned the sweetest words
I've heard the warmest chord
I'll ever hear

Chorus:
It's All down hill
It's all down hill
It's all down hill
From here

We drove all night across the desert
The edge of the canyon was dusted with snow
Morning found us cold and stiff and bleary-eyed
Colors blazing in the valley down below

I've been walking in barefeet
Over miles of broken tar
Down a dozen dusty highways
Under a millon silver stars

I've sailed the seven seas
I've seen the farthest shore
I have climbed the highest peak
And known no fear

Chorus

We followed that band all through the quarter
Zulu Drums Thundering into the night
The rain in our hair and the mud on our feet
Couldn't put out the stars in our eyes

I'd been searching for so long
Just to find my only one
From the moment that I saw you
I knew my search was done

(for you/i knew) I would steal and I would lie
I would trade away my soul
I would willingly deny
All (that) I hold dear

Chorus