[VERSE]
TRAVELIN’ DOWN THIS OLD
ROAD ONE LAST TIME
LEAVING WHAT WE NEED TO
LEAVE BEHIND
IT SEEMS LONGER THAN
BEFORE BUT I SEE IT ALL THE MORE
THAT WE’LL BE HAPPY JUST
TO SEE THAT ENDING SIGN
TRAVELIN’ DOWN THIS OLD
ROAD ONE LAST TIME
WELL, MY FRIENDS AND I
TOOK A RIDE ACROSS THE DIXIE LINE
BUT BROKE DOWN IN THE
HILLS OF VIRGINIA
AND WHEN WE SPENT A NIGHT
OR TWO
HOPING FATE WOULD PULL US
THROUGH
I SWEAR, IT TOOK ABOUT
EVERYTHING WE HAD
UNTIL, WITH A LENDING
HAND CAME A SURE VIRGINIAN LAD
[CHORUS]
Oh, why virginia
why’d you give us all this
rain
since we left our home
behind us
everybody’s done the same
oh, virginia, oh, virginia
oh, virginia, oh, virginia
[VERSE]
NOW THIS OLD ROAD PUT A
HOLD ON ROCK N’ ROLL
LEAVING US JUST OUTSIDE
THE TOLL
AND WHEN OUR BIG CHANCE
CAME ALONG
ALL WE HAD WAS THIS OLD
SONG
OF HOW WE LOST OUR SHIRTS
IN ONLY THREE DAYS TIME
TRAVELIN’ DOWN THIS OLD
ROAD ONE LAST TIME
[CHORUS]
WITH EVERYTHING THAT’S
HAPPENED
WE CAN’T SAY IT’S BEEN A
THRILL
‘CAUSE WE’RE SITTING DOWN
IN RICHMOND
WITH OUR LAST TEN DOLLAR
BILL
oh, virginia, oh, virginia
oh, virginia, oh, virginIa
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