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Return to Windy Mountain Lyrics by Sideline (Bluegrass)

Breaks to the Edge

2019

[Verse 1]
Well I was born on Windy Mountain
Bramwell, West Virginia is my home
A little mining town in Mercer County
But as a boy I swore I'd never dig that coal
As a boy I swore I'd never dig that coal
[Verse 2]
At sixteen years, I hopped a freight train
Set out to seek my fortune with a song
This old guitar, my one companion
Lord, I was born to be a rollin' stone
[Chorus]
And I roam this world around from Maine to California
But I'm missin' where the treetops drape the sky
This old troubadour is longing for the hills of West Virginia
And I'll return to Windy Mountain before I die
I'll return to Windy Mountain before I die
[Verse 3]
I had a girl on Windy Mountain
With hair of gold and eyes of crystal blue
A home and family she was countin'
Whеn I hopped that train, it broke her hеart in two
[Chorus]
And I roam this world around from Maine to California
Left some pretty girls with teardrops in their eyes
But the one I truly love is back in West Virginia
So I'll return to Windy Mountain before I die
I'll return to Windy Mountain before I die
[Verse 4]
When I return to Windy Mountain
And the good Lord takes me to my final home
Bury me where the howlin' winds blow
And place these lonesome words upon my stone:
[Chorus]
"He roamed this world around from Maine to California
Now he's resting where the treetops drape the sky
An old troubadour at peace in the hills of West Virginia
He returned to Windy Mountain before he died
Now he lives on Windy Mountain up on high."
Credits
Sideline (Bluegrass)

Sideline (Bluegrass)

About “Return to Windy Mountain” by Sideline (Bluegrass)

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