...but I'm not a songwriter, so....
Once was heaven
West Virginia
Miners, Farms and Veterans
Voted for Dukakis
Western Virginia
wouldn't break away
formed its own community
demanded its own say
Somethin' happened
In the passing of the years
place got mean and stupid
forgot its soul and history, left with just its tears
No country road
to take me home
starvation wages
always need a loan
West Virginia
Racist Propaganda
can't go home
no country road
'headin down to Braxton
search for the old farm
now it's just a strip mall
place has lost it's charm
tried to go home
paved highway
couldn't find
where I used to stay
West Virginia
sliced up mountains
toxic waste dumps
brown and slimy rivers
Life feels old here
what happened to the trees?
Chopped up for the lumber mills
buried by the sleaze
No country road
to take me home
land of potholes
makes me groan
West Virginia
no future agenda
no country road
to take me home
Once was heaven
West Virginia
cruisin' 77
MAGA everywhere
Once we were proud of
our love of Liberty
vote like Mississippi
look like New Jersey
Can't go home
no country road
pavement and dollar stores
lines at E-Z Loan
Stuck in the past
Head up it's a$$
can't go home
no country road
And yet they cry victim.
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