i take it in through my eyes
long days of paper tigers
they ate all the words of the wise
now my spirit and bones take me
straight to a fork in the road
now my spirit and bones take me
somewhere i've never known
don't let me face it alone
just take me straight to virginia
back to the faces of home
i take it in through my eyes
sometimes survival's the milestone
electrified like a lightning tree
take these spirit and bones
and catapult from the ground
what doesn't throw you or burn you
will surely turn you around
don't let me face it alone
just take me straight to virginia
back to the places i know
don't let me face it alone
just take me straight to virginia
back to the faces of home
i face the trail of old lonesome pine
straight ahead for what's left behind
sometimes survival's the milestone
but i will know where i've been
i know where i am right now