Kathy Mattea - A Far Cry lyrics

rate me

I remember the face of an angel


A love that was faithful and true

I left that dear boy in the mountains


For a ramblin’ life empty and blue

Sweet roses bloom where they’re planted

Wild flowers seed on the wind


That valley was closer to heaven


Than any place this poor fool’s been

It’s a far cry from here to Virginia


But I’d crawl every inch of that ground


My teardrops fall like rain on the roof


Of that Blue Ridge home where I’m bound

This highway’s a ribbon of lonesome

Don’t care where I lay my head down


My Virginia boy died broken hearted

My sweet mountain darlin’ is gone

It’s a far cry from here to Virginia


But I’d crawl every inch of that ground


My teardrops fall like rain on the roof


Of that Blue Ridge home where I’m bound