Lyric West Virginia Woman

(Bobby Bare - Billy Joe Shaver)

Mhm, mhm, I was New York City bound when I left my old hometown
But I got hung up like a fool somehow along the way
Lord God her name was Sally she lived in the Kanawha Valley
Just outside of Charleston West Virginia US of A.

Sally done me down and dirty really put that hurtin on me
Reckon how she must have got her kicks that a way
She turned me every way but loose blew my mind and cooked my goose
And stomped my Georgia soul into that West Virginia clay.

Now I m walkin back to Georgia cryin Lord I feel like I m a dyin
Everything I try to do right seems to turn out wrong
I met a gal from West Virginia that woman sure enough sent me home
With my hat in my hand
A hummin some old worn out song like a man whose mind is gone.
Uh, huh, huh...