Levi

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 And tough as iron, but a heart soft as leather Leevi Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down Ten thousand miles from a Southern town Oh, Leevi Like a fire on the mountain runnin' wild in those days Playin' Knights of the Golden Horseshoe and Indian Raids Now it's parachutes and combat boots, and camouflage their planes And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway Leevi Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down Ten thousand miles from a Southern town Oh, Leevi Where the sandbox sure gets lonesome and it's 109 degrees Singin', "Carry me back to Virginia, Lord, I'm down here on my knees" In a market square, while the bells were ringin' loud to fill the air Leevi 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 Leevi Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down Ten thousand miles from a Southern town Oh, Leevi Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down Oh, Leevi Oh, Leevi