Upshur County

Down round the curve in the old Camp Joy circle You'll come to the end of the county paved road Left toward the lake past my Uncle Jody's My Papaw's sitting in a flat bottomed boat I still remember cool nights in November Camped out on Corps land it felt like was ours The ones gone before me telling tales of their glory And scary ghost stories around the campfire Someday I'll come back down to old Upshur County That dammed up old river the Lake O' the Pines If I can't make it back while the fish are still biting Tell Papaw I'm sorry tell Daddy I tried That Church of God sits over by Billy Stroman's Mama she leads 'em to sing the old hymns And I saw the light at the altar one Sunday The day I laid down that old hammer of sin I was a good boy I told 'em 'bout Jesus The fellas they laughed at me down at the school But the pretty girls they liked the boys who drank liquor And I backslid quicker than I wanted to Someday I'll come back down to old Upshur County That dammed up old river the Lake O' the Pines If I can't make it back down before Easter Sunday Tell the preacher I'm sorry tell Mama I tried Someday I'll come back down to old Upshur County That dammed up old river the Lake O' the Pines If I can't make it back down before it's all over To old Upshur County I'll return when I die