Mountains

Mountains" is a 1986 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Parade, the soundtrack to the movie Under the Cherry Moon. It was written by The Revolution members Wendy and Lisa, together with Prince. Released on 7 May 1986, it was one of Prince's less successful singles of the 1980s. The extended 12" single version of the song runs ten minutes. It's the only track on the Parade album featuring the entire Revolution. It reached #23 in the U.S. but only #48 in the UK. The B-side was the instrumental "Alexa de Paris", one of the few tracks from this project featuring a guitar solo, and is one of a handful of instrumental tracks that Prince recorded in the '80s. Both songs appear in the film Under the Cherry Moon, with the video for "Mountains" playing as the credits roll. The version shown on MTV to promote the single was in color as opposed to the film's black and white version

[Verse 1] Once upon a time in a land called Fantasy Seventeen mountains stood so high The sea surrounded them and together they would be The only thing that ever made you cry You said the devil told you that another mountain would appear Every time somebody broke your heart He said the sea would one day overflow with all your tears And love will always leave you lonely [Chorus] But I say it's only mountains and the sea Love will conquer if you just believe, oh yeah It's only mountains and the sea There's nothing greater, uh huh, than you and me [Verse 2] Once upon a time in a haystack of despair Happiness sometimes hard to find (yeah) Africa divided, hijack in the air It's enough to make you want to lose your mind [Chorus] And I say it's only mountains and the sea Love will conquer if you just believe, oh yeah It's only mountains and the sea There's nothing greater, uh huh, than you and me Guitars and drums on the one! Bobby on the drum-ah It's only mountains Oh yeah And the sea And the girls say There's nothing greater, oh no, than you and me [Outro] Mountains