Going Back To West Virginia

Going Back To West Virginia

By Paul McCann

.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFMg5K1pDww

.

I’m going back to West Virginia

any day  down that railway track ,

to the place where I came from  .

I’ve got to be moving on ,

I’m going back to West Virginia .

I’ll get the heck out of here

before the end of the year ,

I’m going back .

I’m going back to West Virginia

where the sun burns the sky

and the buzzards keep their eye

on the dusty ground

as the tumbleweeds turn around

and you can’t hear a sound

except for the wind

and the horses that  run free in West Virginia .

Living out on the rusty plain

are the  people with  nothing to do

as they sit around  and wait for the rain

to fall down

I’m going back West Virginia ,

to   where it all began

to the people that I know

who  smile as you go .

They understand

as they shake your hand

and make you feel at home

where the buffalo roam

and the cowboys ride on

and another day has come and gone .

Got to mosey on in case

I forget about where i came from .