The Monkees - I Wasn't Born To Follow lyrics

Oh, Id rather go and journey Where the diamond crescents flowing And run across the valley Beneath the sacred mountain And wander through the forest Where the trees have leaves of prisms That break the light up into colors That no one knows the names of And when its time, Ill go and wait Beside the legendary fountain Til I see your form reflected In its clear and j**eled waters And if you think Im ready You may lead me to the chasm Where the rivers of our visions Flow into one another And Ill stay a while and wonder At the mist that theyve created And lose myself within it Mends my mind and body And I know at that moment As I stand in that cathedral I will want to die beneath The white cascading water She may beg and she may plead And she may argue with your logic And mention all the things Ill lose That really have no value Though I doubt that she will ever Come to understand my meaning In the end, shell surely know I was not born to follow