Lone Pine Hill

I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes Held up in the middle of the night Shakin' like a pistol in a young man's hand There in the pale moonlight Standin' up on top of that lonely hill Spared by the company mine Is my blue-eyed baby with her best dress on In the shadow of a lonely pine Oh, but back before the war when the company came These hills grew wild and free Me and baby, we'd hide in the hollers low Away from the cruel sun's heat But then they knocked down the timber and burned off the brush To get to the riches below And when they pulled out, they left the coal-black ground And one pine standing alone So take me home Lone Pine hill Now, I signed up back in '61 I'm an army of Virginia man I've been from Manassas to Mackonackey All the way to Sailor's Creek Fighting for my homeland After four years gone and all hope lost And Richmond under siege And we're diggin' out Five Forks, waitin' in the rain For Sheridan to bring us to our knees So take me home Lone Pine hill There's a strange moon hangin' overhead tonight And if the rain keeps coming, then the creek's gonna rise But with the good Lord's grace I'll make it outta this place and I'll be in your arms come the morning light, I swear So, God, grant me speed and grant me forgiveness And carry me all through the night Take me through your hills and over your rivers Away from this awful fight 'Cause I ain't never known a man that's ever owned another And ain't never owned nothin' of my own So after four long years, I just can't tell you What the hell I've been fighting for So take me home Lone Pine hill