Another song specifically about West Virginia that always makes me want to cry (and fills me with guilt that I have such longing, but don't really ever want to have to move back - I just always want to be from there.)

WEST VIRGINIA CHOSE ME

By Colleen Anderson

Someone's always leaving here, it's just that kind of place
It's just that kind of world today you learn to live with loss
The grass is always greener there, just on the other side
The air is always cleaner there, the sky is twice as wide
I'm not the type to argue, I won't say it isn't true
It's just the kind of place for passing through.

Tom's in California now, and John's up north in Maine
Will went down to Raleigh, says he won't be back again
Annie's in Chicago and she likes it by the lake
Even Katie crossed the border, finally made the break
And if I had a dollar for every time I've said goodbye
There's nothing in this world I couldn't buy.

Chorus
But a few of us are staying and it's not a point of choice
It's not we who do the choosing we are chosen by the place
And West Virginia Chose Me, sure as my own mother knows me
If I leave you West Virginia, it don't matter where I roam
I don't know where I'm going, but I know I'm coming home.

They say home is where the heart is, and I guess that's true enough
But the heart's a stubborn muscle and there's no explaining love
I dream of higher mountains, and a cottage by the sea
But West Virginia won't let go of me.

Chorus

And a few of us are staying and it's not a point of choice
It's not we who do the choosing we are chosen by the place
And West Virginia Chose Me, sure as my own mother knows me
If I leave you West Virginia, it don't matter where I roam
I don't know where I'm going, but I know I'm coming home.