Album: Carry Me Back (2012)
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  • Born upon the blue ridge, at the Carolina line
    Baptized on the banks of the new river
    Brought upon blue grass and clear moon shine
    And tough as iron but a heart soft as leather

    Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down
    Ten thousand miles from a southern town
    Oh, Levi

    Like a fire on a mountain, running wild with no states
    Playing nights on the glory horse shoe
    And Indian raids
    Now it's parachutes and combat boots
    They camouflaged they planes
    And a country boy who don't belong
    In the desert anyways

    Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down
    Ten thousand miles from a southern town
    Oh, Levi

    Well the sandbox sure gets lonesome
    And it's a hundred and nine degrees
    Singing carry my back to Virginia
    Lord I'm down here on my knees
    In a market skrell while the bells were ringing
    Loud to fill the air
    Levi gazed his eyes out, to the rocket player
    Be on the desert and the ocean
    To the farthest fields on home
    And when the bullets pierced his body
    He was already gone

    Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down
    Ten thousand miles from a southern town
    Oh, Levi, lord, lord, lord, they shot him down
    Oh, Levi, oh Levi. Writer/s: KETCH SECOR
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Barry Hale from Columbia, ScLeevi was not only a graduate of UNC Charlotte (now Charlotte University), he earned his commission through the Army ROTC program there. He was one of of my cadets there and a great young man. Leevi was a great American
  • Barry Groomes from Davison Co TennI try and try to get the radio stations to play this honor for the veterans day and Memorial Day special plays in Md Pa and Tn. They wont do it. Shame on them for not play it for our vets.
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