Green Rolling Hills Lyrics - Coal - Kathy Mattea

[Chorus] 

Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia 

Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know 

Tho' the times are sad and dreary 

I cannot linger here 

They'll keep me and never let me go 

My dad said, " Don't ever be a miner 

For a mine's grave is all you'll ever owe" 

There's hard times everywhere 

I can find a dime to spare 

These are the worst times I've ever known 

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So I'll move away into some crowded city 

In some northern factory town, you'll find me there 

Tho' I'll leave the past behind 

I'll never change my mind 

These troubled times are more than I can bear 

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Someday I'll go back to West Virginia 

To those green rolling hills, I love so well 

Oh some day I'll go home 

When I know I'll right the wrong 

These hard times will follow me no more 

[Chorus] 

I cannot linger here 

They'll keep me and never let me go