Intro Verse I was many miles from Blacksburg When the cannonfire burst It chilled me to the marrowed bone But did not move the earth I was many miles from Blacksburg But I knew that you had gone Take what you can before God calls you on Bridge I thought that you would be home by now I thought that you would be home by now Verse But you're many miles from Blacksburg With my father and our son Take what you can before God takes someone