Half Mile Down

Intro: They come down from Washington city to our blue ridge mountain home And they crossed that crooked river to the valley down below I was swimming in that water when they came up to the shore Saying sorry son this won't be dry land here anymore Yes and my home town is a half mile down Its a half mile of water all around all around My home town is a half mile down First they started their surveying and making up their plans To flood that peaceful valley just to build Watogga dam Well they brought in their bulldozers and pushed our homes away And they handed me a shovel and sixty cents a day Singing my home town is a half mile down Its a half mile of water all around all around My home town is a half mile down So they stripped out all the timber and they leveled all the land And they drilled and dynamited til they blew the mountains in I tore down my old home place and I dug up daddy's grave And I relocated mama to fourteen miles away Now I look out on the water that rose upon that day By the banks of the old Wattoga where I once used to play Yes I look out on that water where they made their big mistake And covered up our hometown 'neath that god forsaken lake Singing my hometown is a half mile down Its a half mile of water all around all around My home town is a half mile down Its a half mile of water all around all around My home town is a half mile down