Intro:

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Born up on the blue ridge at the Carolina line

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Baptized on the banks of the new river

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Brought up on bluegrass and clear moonshine

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Tough as iron but a heart soft as leather

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Levi Lord Lord Lord the shot him down

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Ten thousand miles from a southern town

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Oh  oh Levi

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Like a fire on the mountain running wild in those days

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Playing nights of the golden horseshoe and Indian raids

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Now it's parachutes and combat boots and camouflage airplanes

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And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway

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Levi Lord Lord Lord the shot him down

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Ten thousand miles from a southern town

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Oh  oh Levi


Solo

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Well the sand box sure gets lonesome and its a hundred and nine degrees

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Singing carry me back to Virginia Lord I'm down here on my knees

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In the market square while the bells were ringing loud to fill the air

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Levi gazed his eyes out through the rocket glare

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Beyond the desert and the ocean to the furthest fields of home

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And when the bullets pierced his body he was already gone


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Levi Lord Lord Lord the shot him down

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Ten thousand miles from a southern town

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Oh oh Levi Lord Lord Lord the shot him down 

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Oh  oh Levi

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Oh  oh Levi