Left my home in West Virginia
Never looking back
Rode the rails down to Georgia
But I got off on the wrong track
From town to town I have wandered
With a hunger in my eye
But lately I’ve discovered
A way to help me get by
I think of those green mountains back home
Sitting on the riverbank getting stoned
Even though I was by myself
I never felt quite alone
I dream of those deep valleys I love
I’m getting tired of all this push and shove
And I wonder if I’ll make it back
Before I’m gone
Shot a man in the Carolinas
Done my time
And I paid the price
In a craps game with the devil
I lose every time I roll the dice
I think of those green mountains back home
Sitting on the riverbank getting stoned
Even though I was by myself
I never felt quite alone
I dream of those deep valleys I love
I’m getting tired of all this push and shove
And I wonder if I’ll make it back
Before I’m gone
When my time is all but over
I’ll say goodbye to these Georgia pines
And make my way back to where I call home
Somewhere near that Logan Mingo line
I think of those green mountains back home
Sitting on the riverbank getting stoned
Even though I was by myself
I never felt quite alone
I dream of those deep valleys I love
I’m getting tired of all this push and shove
And I wonder if I’ll make it back
Before I’m gone
And I wonder if I’ll make it back
Before I’m gone
I hope I make it back before I’m gone