From the recording SOLID GROUND
Lyrics
Driving down a West Virginia road on a hot September day
I remember Josh Ritter playing on the radio, sun shining on your face
Sittin’ next to me in the passenger seat, so relaxed, oh so cool
Try to keep my heart inside my chest, try to not sound like a fool
Oh my West Virginia, you’re so bitter sweet
I know I got a little to wrapped up in ya
But how can you blame me
When you filled me up with all my fantasies
Told me something I thought I’d never hear, shook the ground beneath my feet
No way I could have ever known what you’d do to me that day
West Virginia I’ll always remember how you took my breath away
Had something on my mind that night, I know that you could see
Had enouigh whiskey running through my veins
I thought “the truth will set me free”
So I opened up my mouth, put my heart out on the line
Could have been a bit bit much when I said “I can see the future in your eyes”
Oh my West Virginia, you’re so bitter sweet
I know I got a little to wrapped up in ya
But how can you blame me
When you filled me up with all my fantasies
Told me something I thought I’d never hear, shook the ground beneath my feet
No way I could have ever known what you’d do to me that day
West Virginia I’ll always remember how you took my breath away
To think after all this time you’re still on my mind
To think I still fantasize about you in my life
Oh I know it’s for the better we’re not together
I know that you agree
But West Virginia, when I hear “forever” I sometimes think
How you filled me up with all my fantasies
Told me something I thought I’d never hear, shook the ground beneath my feet
No way I could have ever known what you’d do to me that day
West Virginia I’ll always remember how you took my breath away
Oh West Virginia I’ll always remember hoe you took my breath away