Appalachian Winter - Withstand the Ages Lyrics

A miracle are these mountains; they have withstood
And cruelties many they have defied
A miracle are these mountains, for they still stand
The ages spared no hardship upon this tortured land

Withstand the ages that would see your end
These mountains withstood; these mountains survived
These mountains still stand; these mountains still live
Through endless time, from old Earth to new
These mountains have stood; these mountains still live

Ages of sun and atmosphere
Wrought destruction upon these mountains
Buried and uncovered, with once proud peaks
Rended and cast into the sea, my mountains stand, still
And when all lands are again one
My Appalachians will reach the heavens once more