Levi

Intro: Born up on the Blue Ridge at the Carolina line Baptized on the banks of the New River Brought up on the bluegrass, and clear moon shine Tough as iron, but a heart as soft as leather Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down 10,000 miles from a southern town Oh Levi Like fire on a mountain, running wild in those days Playing knights of the golden horse shoe and Indian raids Now it's parachutes and combat boots and camouflaged airplanes And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down 10,000 miles from a southern town Oh Levi Well the sand box sure gets lonesome Ands 109 degrees Singing carry me back to Virginia Lord I'm down here on my knees In a market square where the bells were ringing loud to fill the air Levi gazed his eyes out to the rocket glare Beyond the desert and the ocean, to the farthest fields of home And when the bullets pierced his body he was already gone Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down 10,000 miles from a southern town Oh Levi