Lone Pine Hill

I swear i see her in my dreams sometimes

Held up in the middle of the night

Shakin like a pistol in a young mans hand

There in the pale moonlight

Standin up the top of that lonely hill

Spared by the company mines

Is my blue eyed baby with her best dress on

In the shadow of a lonely pine

It was back before the war

When the company came

These hills grew wild and free

Me and baby we'd hide in the hollers low

Away from the cruel sun's heat

But then they knocked down the timber

And burned off the brush

To get to the riches below

And when they pulled out

They left a cold black ground

And one pine standing lone

So take me home...

Lone pine hill

I signed up back in '61

I'm an army of virginia man

I've been from mannasas to mackonackey

All the way to sailors creek fighting

For my home land

After 4 years gone and all hope lost

And richmond under seige

And we're diggin out five forks

And waitin in the rain

For sheridan to bring us to our knees

So take me home...

Lone pine hill

There's a strange moon hangin' overhead tonight

And if the rain keeps comin then the creek's gonna rise

With the good lord's grace

I'll make it outta this place

I'll be in her arms come the morning light i swear...

So god grant me speed and grant me forgiveness

And carry me on through the night

Take me through the hills and over your rivers

Away from this awful fight

Cause i ain't never known a man that's ever owned another

Ain't never owned nothin' of my own

And after 4 long years i just can't tell you

What the hell i've been fighting for...

So take me home...

Lone pine hill

Take me home...

Lone pine hill