West Virginia Friend

I don’t want to say good-bye to you
To think we may not ever meet again
Remember me someday when you’re lonely
And you know you have a West Virginia friend
I know you’re only passing through
I knew it from the start
Sometimes there is love to spare inside this country heart
But the rain upon the old barn roof
And your North Dakota Song
Will be a pleasant company for me when you’re gone
Maybe I’ll go rambling
When my baby’s up and grown
I kind of like the thought of traveling out there on my own
But I love these gentle mountains
More than strangers do
Some of us stay settled and some of us
pass through