INTRO
born up on the blue ridge at the carolina line
baptized on the banks of the new river
brought up on bluegrass and clear moonshine
tough as iron but a heart soft as leather
levi lord lord lord the shot him down
ten thousand miles from a southern town
oh oh levi
like a fire on the mountain running wild in those days
playing nights of the golden horseshoe and indian raids
now its parachutes and combat boots and camouflage airplanes
and a country boy who don’t belong in the desert anyway
levi lord lord lord the shot him down
ten thousand miles from a southern town
oh oh levi
Solo
well the sand box sure gets lonesome and its a hundred and nine degrees
singing carry me 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 of home
and when the bullets pierced his body he was already gone
levi lord lord lord the shot him down
ten thousand miles from a southern town
oh oh levi lord lord lord the shot him down
oh oh levi
oh oh levi
