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Avery County Lyrics by David Olney

Through a Glass Darkly

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[Verse 1]
My name is Josiah
And I've come down this river
And I don't care to see what's behind me
Well, I've traveled alone
I'm a long ways from home
There's no need for you to remind me
The past I once had's
Gone rotten, gone bad
There's no loving smile to console me
Well, the future's unknown
But back there at home
There's no one left who can hold me

[Verse 2]
Well, my days once flew by
Like the geese in the sky
Flyin' high over Avery County
In our little mountain home
I never felt alone
It was me and Mama and Daddy
Daddy worked now and then
Odd jobs for a friend
But he made most his money off of moonshine
Well, we barely had enough
But we always had love
I never went to sleep hungry or cryin'

[Verse 3]
Daddy left home one night
With a load of white lightnin'
Said he was headin' for Charlotte
But he never got that far
'Cause him and his car
Crashed halfway down Kimbrough Mountain
That left Mama and me
Livin' off charity
And what little Daddy had left us
And pretty soon the bank
Was breathin' down our necks
Sayin' they was goin' to evict us

[Verse 4]
Well, a man come around
He'd just moved to town
And he started sweet-talkin' Mama
At the end of her rope
She'd 'bout given up hope
And she believed when he promised to love her
Well, he preached and he roared
Like a man of the Lord
And his message was hell and damnation
But when I stood between
My mama and him
He said, "Your boy here's in need of salvation"

[Verse 5]
With his high holy ways
He treated me like a slave
And he said I was born of the devil
Well, he beat me 'til I bled
Then he left me for dead
His eyes shining wicked and evil
Well, I ran off that night
In the autumn moonlight
I could hear Mama beggin' for mercy
I found a boat by the river
I got in and untied her
To the sound of his unholy cursing

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 6]
Long as this river flows
Well, I reckon I'll go
'Til it runs out into the sea
If he follows me there
I'll kill him, I swear
He's got no more power over me
Well, if Mama was alive
I'd tell her goodbye
I'll see her someday up yonder
Now the sun's goin' down
To the river I'm bound
Fare thee well, Avery County
Now the sun's goin' down
To the river I'm bound
Fare thee well, Avery County

About “Avery County” by David Olney

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"Avery County" appears on "Through a Glass Darkly".

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