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Ridin’ on this city bus my thoughts begin to wonder.
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Though I’m starin’ out at grey concrete,my mind sees mountains yonder.
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Even though that diesel smoke burns hot within my nose,
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I am smelling evergreen pine trees and mountain laurel groves.
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‘Where that crystal mountain water tumbles down the green hillsides
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In my home in West Virginia where the people live with pride.
G D
Though I only see those mountains in my memories today,
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I’m leavin’ this ol’ city and I’m goin’ home to stay. Goin’ home to stay.
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Outside this dirty window, I can see folks push and shove,
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And I don’t see any sign of what’s called simple human love.
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Their faces are as somber as the cold skyscrapers there,
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And those people like the buildings show no outward sign of care.
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Now it’s time to leave this bus and start another day
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At my job here in the city, but down in my heart I pray
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That my trips back home will soon not just take place within my mind,
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But that I will soon be walking though those mountains and the pines.