Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Avery County, artist - David Olney. Album song Through A Glass Darkly, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 25.01.1999
Record label: Concord, Rounder
Song language: English
Avery County |
My name is Josiah |
I’ve come down to the river |
I don’t care to see what’s behind me |
I’ve traveled alone |
I’m a long ways from home |
There’s no need for you to remind me |
The past I once had’s |
Gone rotten, gone bad |
There’s no loving smile to console me |
Well, the future’s unknown |
But back there at home |
There’s no one now left to hold me |
My days once flew by |
Like the geese in the sky |
Flying high over Avery County |
In our little mountain home |
I never felt alone |
It was me and Mama and Daddy |
Daddy worked now and then |
Odd jobs for a friend |
But he made most his money off moonshine |
We barely had enough |
But we always had love |
I never went to sleep hungry or crying |
Daddy left home one night |
With a load of white lightnin' |
Said he was heading for Charlotte |
But he never got that far |
Him and his car |
Crashed halfway down Kimbrough Mountain |
That left Mama and me |
Living off charity |
And what little Daddy had left us |
And pretty soon the bank |
Was breathing down our necks |
Saying they was going to evict us |
Well a man come around |
He’d just moved to town |
He started sweet talking Mama |
At the end of her rope |
She’d 'bout given up hope |
She believed when he promised to love her |
He preached and he roared |
Like a man of the Lord |
His message was Hell and Damnation |
When I stood in-between |
My mother and him |
He said, «Your boy here’s in need of salvation.» |
With his high holy ways |
He treated me like a slave |
Said I was born of the Devil |
He beat me til I bled |
Then he left me for dead |
His eyes shining wicked and evil |
Well I ran off that night |
In the autumn moonlight |
I could hear Mama crying for mercy |
I found a boat by the river |
I got in and untied her |
To the sound of his unholy cursing |
Long as this river flows |
I reckon I’ll go |
Til it runs out into the sea |
If he follows me there |
I’ll kill him I swear |
He’s got no more power over me |
If my Mama were alive |
I’d tell her goodbye |
I’ll see her someday way up yonder |
Now the sun’s going down |
To the river I’m bound |
Fare thee well Avery County |
Now the sun’s going down |
To the river I’m bound |
Fare thee well Avery County |