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Sail across the water to this lonesome land, and rest for the summer
Come to Virginia with your bow in hand, and I’ll love you forever
She tapped her feet, snapped her hand, and she made a mountain
With amber waves, tall bluegrass, and whiskey fountains

You were always there for me
Off that old Virginia Line

A boy grew up to fight England as an Old Line Drummer
He marched behind that regiment against the red coat gunners
But gunshots hit. He fell down. His body bled across that lonely ground.
That’s not it. He’s still around. His beat is playing in the meadow now.

You were always there for me
Off that old Virginia Line

A girl turned up in a station lane off that railroad Virginia
She sang sweet songs through my window pane for the rest of the summer
But that engine roars. Steel wheels spin. She skipped town as fast as she came in
And here I stand with her memory on my mind
All she left me was a note with the line

You were always there for me
Off that old Virginia Line

You were always there for me
Off that old Virginia Line

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from Shake the Barnyard Down, released July 9, 2011
Ted Collins

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