Townes Van Zandt — Blue Ridge Mountains

[Verse 1] Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains And I ain't coming back here anymore [Verse 2] Well, I had me a mother that could pray, boys She prayed for me both night and day, boys And I tore down every prayer that she could say, boys And I ain't coming back here anymore [Verse 3] I want to find me a lady fair and tender Want to play her song on my steel strings Gonna lay her down in a bed of clover Then I ain't coming back here anymore [Verse 4] Well, I've seen this whole wide country over From New York City down to Mexico And I've seen the joyful and the sorrow And I ain't coming back here anymore [Verse 5] So if Mister Sinbad, can you hear me Down there in Grayson, Louisiana oh? Well, I'll lay a joint upon your grave, sir Then I ain't coming back here anymore [Verse 1] Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains And I ain't coming back here anymore