Colorado Aspen Gold

I breathe in the mountain smell. 
The hoarfrost gleams in the first light beams
at Maroon Bells.
And we are walking through the leaves,
cornflakes underfeet, 
Polartec fleece,
I'm falling for you deep.

Don't want to go.
Just want to stay here with you, letting this feeling grow.
I don't know
where this is headed or how far we're gonna go.
You might be true love, 
or you might be friend,
one thing I need you to know,
is to me you will always be
Colorado aspen gold.

You have our baby on your back.
Can't count the miles 
we must have put on that old Osprey pack.
And three 
more kiddos lag behind, 
revived by lunch trailside. I can't close my eyes
'cause you've got me falling for this view.

Don't let this go.
Just want to stay in this moment, letting this feeling grow.
We don't know
where this is headed or how far they're gonna go.
You might be leader,
and you might be Dad,
but one thing I hope that you know,
is to them you shine brighter than
Colorado aspen gold.

Round three. Tuesday 5 a.m.
Watch you lift the weight and beat your old time
before the workweek grind.
And you're off to catch a flight.
Are you thinking of me?
'Cause I'm falling asleep
falling for you.

Don't let me go.
Just meet me here in this dreamland, letting this feeling grow.
'Cause when we wake, 
it’s chasing more unknowns, uncertain where they’re gonna go. 
I know you're tired, 
and I know you're worn, 
but one thing I hope that you know,
this life you've given me is worth
it's weight in gold.

Yeah I flew to Denver with a camera in hand,
went for the leaves, fell in love with this man.
Out there in the mountains where you found your soul,
I found a life I'd never have on my own.
So now wherever we go, and whatever we do,
I'll never regret falling for you.

I'll never let you go.
I'm holding on to each moment, letting this feeling grow.
'Cause now I know
just what it feels like to have you be my home.
Some say it's true love, 
some say it's time,
but something I know for sure
is I thank God for those mountains of 
Colorado aspen gold.
Yeah to me you will always be Colorado aspen gold.

And I love you more than all of Colorado's aspen gold.

Lyrics by Brianna Tittel, melody and inspiration by Max McKnown, “St. Helen’s Alpenglow”