Levi

Born up on the Blue Ridge, at the Carolina line

Baptized on the banks of the New River

Brought up on bluegrass and clear moonshine

Yeah tough as iron but a heart soft as leather

Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down

10 000 miles from a southern town

Oh, Levi,



Like a fire on the mountain, running wild in those days

Playing Knights of the Golden Horseshoe

And Indian raids

Now it's parachutes and combat boots

They camouflaged airplanes

And a countryboy who don't belong

In the desert anyways



Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down

10 000 miles from a southern town

Oh, Levi,



Well the sandbox sure gets lonesome

And it's 109 degrees

Singing carry my back to Virginia

Lord I'm down here on my knees



In a market square while the bells were ringing

Loud to fill the air

Levi gazed his eyes out, through the rocket glare

Beyond the desert and the ocean

To the furthest fields of home

And when the bullets pierced his body

He was already gone



Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down

10 000 miles from a southern town

Oh, Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down

Oh, Levi, oh Levi.