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Up to the mountain
-Kelly Clarkson (accompanied by Beck on guitar)
This wasn't in the contest part of American Idol. I think this was after she won. It was some kind of a fundraiser for a cause, "Idol Gives Back".
I couldn't find this song for a long time because I didn't know the title. It was also called "MLK Song" by Patty Griffin when she recorded it, but it isn't exactly about MLK. It's about what God calls on us to do in this life.
I love it, and Kelly Clarkson did it better than anybody else ever has. I don't know why she didn't record it, but only did it live the one time.
The author of the song was Solomon Burke (1940-2010). Lyrics:
I went up to the mountain
Because you asked me to
Up over the clouds
To where the sky was blue
I could see all around me
Everywhere
Sometimes I feel like
I've never been nothing but tired
And I'll be walking
Till the day I expire
Sometimes I lay down
No more can I do
But then I go on again
Because you ask me to
Some days I look down
Afraid I will fall
And though the sun shines
I see nothing at all
Then I hear your sweet voice
Oh, come and then go
Telling me softly, you love me so
The peaceful valley
Just over the mountain
The peaceful valley
Few come to know
I may never get there
Ever in this lifetime
But sooner or later
It's there I will go