Chorus:

West Virginia. O my home. West Virginia. Where I belong.
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet,
I slip away like a bird in flight
Back to those hills, the place where I belong.

It's been years now since I left there
And the city life's 'bout got the best of me
I don't remember why I left so free,
what I wanted to do, what I wanted to see
But I can sure remember where I come from.

Well, I've paid a price for leaving
For the life I've had is not one I thought I'd find
Let me live and love, let me cry; When I go just let me die
Among those friends who'll remember when I'm gone.

Hazel Dickens