Baptized on the banks of the New River
Brought upon bluegrass and clear moonshine
And 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 a mountain, running wild with no states
Playing nights at the golden horse shoe
And Indian raids
Now it's parachutes and combat boots
And camouflaged airplanes
And a country boy 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 the 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 at 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.
Born upon the Blue ridge, at the Carolina line Baptized on the banks of the New River Brought upon bluegrass and clear moonshine And 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 a mountain, running wild with no states Playing nights at the golden horse shoe And Indian raids Now it's parachutes and combat boots And camouflaged airplanes And a country boy 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 the 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 at 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. Explain Request ×
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