Chorus:
Ohhh, West Virginia, take me home tonight!
Through the mountains where the rivers shine so bright
Coal dust in my veins, but my heart stays light
Yeah, I was born, born to mine!
Never been to West Virginia
Don't think I'll ever go
The songs they got about it
Are all i need to know
Don't need to see it's mountains
It's forest or it's stream
Never been to West Virginia
In my life or in my dreams
From what people tell me
It's a depressing place to go
Guess I'll just keep hanging
In my rocky mountain snow
Don't want to sound judgmental
Don't want to sound too cruel
I never been to West Virginia
Please dont take me for a fool
Lots of folks from West Virginia
End up moving-out I guess
Not sure why they do so
I truly must confess
A hearty hello to the ones
That end up moving-in near me
I've never been to West Virginia
I've only seen it on TV
Political Corruption, Grifter's in charge.
Stockholm Syndrome is Gene-R-Ational.
Pump them full of pills, strip them of their will's is no longer Sit-U-Ational.
Dump them in the Streets, take away their ears then call them common Cri-m-nal.s
I know right. But as a lawyer, you gotta admit its pretty flimsy. He admits he was wrong even!
"Up in Springfield, we have the Connecticut River and on one side of the river it’s Springfield and on the other side it’s West Springfield, so I just assumed the other side of the river was West Virginia.
I mean I get it, it's not his fault he didn't study Geography. He thought he was writing about West Virginia, but he actually wrote it about western Virginia. So there that.
You are correct! Looked it up after your reply and it's a pretty interesting story. Fun to learn the origins of songs and now, I feel compelled to learn this on guitar. 🎸
It's a song about the state of west virginia that erroneously uses a bunch of natural features from western virginia. look, we have this one thing. even a cold, cynical west virginian heart like mine is warmed to hear that song.
(strumming)
After 50 years of toiling in the mines
Finally got health insurance
But I'm going to vote for the felon
Who will take it away
But I'm good with that
Because it'll trigger the libs...
Fun facts about the big song written about West Virginia, all of the landmarks and specifics mentioned in the song are in the Western portion of Virginia. Not West Virginia. Fun times.
Maybe a song about the mothman flitting around the New River gorge bridge?
West Virginia!
You're forty eigth in education, you're almost last in the nation.
But you're number one in opiod deaths per capita.
What a horrendous stat-ica...
No one can take that from you.
Not even Idaho
Why do you keep voting for rich assholes who don't care about you?
I don't knoooooooow!!!
Oh boy! It’s almost like systemic oppression leads to uneducated, poverty stricken, demoralized populations who aren’t equipped to get themselves out of it. i thought you liberals who are so much smarter than everyone understood that.
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Chorus:
Ohhh, West Virginia, take me home tonight!
Through the mountains where the rivers shine so bright
Coal dust in my veins, but my heart stays light
Yeah, I was born, born to mine!
Don't think I'll ever go
The songs they got about it
Are all i need to know
Don't need to see it's mountains
It's forest or it's stream
Never been to West Virginia
In my life or in my dreams
It's a depressing place to go
Guess I'll just keep hanging
In my rocky mountain snow
Don't want to sound judgmental
Don't want to sound too cruel
I never been to West Virginia
Please dont take me for a fool
End up moving-out I guess
Not sure why they do so
I truly must confess
A hearty hello to the ones
That end up moving-in near me
I've never been to West Virginia
I've only seen it on TV
Lordy. That song is about all we can be proud of.
https://youtu.be/erg2vyJ2UOk?si=BP8gyxt_h9zL1EeP
Stockholm Syndrome is Gene-R-Ational.
Pump them full of pills, strip them of their will's is no longer Sit-U-Ational.
Dump them in the Streets, take away their ears then call them common Cri-m-nal.s
Any collaborators?
Shenandoah River isn't in West Virginia
"Up in Springfield, we have the Connecticut River and on one side of the river it’s Springfield and on the other side it’s West Springfield, so I just assumed the other side of the river was West Virginia.
It doesn’t have much (speaking as a native)
After 50 years of toiling in the mines
Finally got health insurance
But I'm going to vote for the felon
Who will take it away
But I'm good with that
Because it'll trigger the libs...
Wait what? My Social Security's gone too?
The End...
I’m terrible at this challenge.
Old mines there are full of bat dung
Look away
Look away
Look away
West Virginia
So someone needs to write an actual song about WV.
Maybe a song about the mothman flitting around the New River gorge bridge?
minimum security
federal prison
in morgantown... 🎶
You're forty eigth in education, you're almost last in the nation.
But you're number one in opiod deaths per capita.
What a horrendous stat-ica...
No one can take that from you.
Not even Idaho
Why do you keep voting for rich assholes who don't care about you?
I don't knoooooooow!!!
I'm a coal man(chin)...
Gimme all your money...
Requiem for a Tooth Fairy
Sierra Ferrell “West Virginia Waltz”
Learn to code doo doo doo doo doo doo
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Learn to code!
It was almost as popular as Hamilton, with mostly the same people