The Hills Of West Virginia Lyrics - Phil Ochs

From the flat plains of Ohio we drifted out one day 

For the southern part of a journey 

Underneath the bridge, the Ohio River sang 

As we headed for the hills of West Virginia 

And the red sun of the morning was smiling through the trees 

As the darkness of the night was quickly fading 

And the fog hugged the road like a cloudy, cloudy sea 

When we drove though the hills of West Virginia 

We smoked the tobacco and drank of the wine 

And we spoke of the forest we were passing 

And the road would wind and wind and wind 

When we drove through the hills of West Virginia 

Among all the wealth of the beauty that we passed 

There was many old shacks a-growing older 

And we saw the broken bottles laying on the grass 

When we drove though the hills of West Virginia 

The Virginia people watched as we went riding by 

Oh, proud as a boulder they were standing 

And we wondered at each other with a meeting of the eye 

When we drove thought the hills of West Virginia 

And once in a while we would stop by the road 

And gaze at the womb of the valley 

Almost wishing for a path down below 

Where we stopped in the hills of West Virginia 

Up and down and all around we took our restless ride 

And the rocks, they were staring cold and jagged 

Where explosions of the powder had torn away the side 

Where we drove through the hills of West Virginia 

And the orange sun was falling on the southern border line 

As the shadows of the night were now returning 

And we knew the mountains followed us and watched us from behind 

When we drove from the hills of West Virginia 

When we drove from the hills of West Virginia