Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Avery County , by - David Olney. Song from the album Through A Glass Darkly, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 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 |