Lyrics

West Virginia

Up here on high in the stillness of summer
Up here on high in this valley we’ve found
The hills are alive with the sound of the thunder
Of battles gone by still asleep in the ground

West Virginia, West Virginia
You’re the sweetest sound I’ve known
Where the battles once were raging
Now even time is overgrown

Some of us came in the bitterest of winters
Some of us came on the C&O Trail
And some of soared like the hawks in the glimmer
Of sunlight that fell where we shared the same trail

West Virginia, West Virginia
You’re the sweetest sound I’ve known
Where the battles once were raging
Now even time is overgrown

So lay down with me in the fall of our season
And I’ll love you with all the tears that you’ve known
’Till we lay down at last near the fields of Anteitum
Where our children will run away from our door

West Virginia, West Virginia
You’re the sweetest sound I’ve known
Where the battles once were raging
Now even time is overgrown