Levi

Born up on the Blue Ridge, at the Carolina line
 Baptized on the banks of the New River
 Brought up on bluegrass and clear moonshine
 And tough as iron, but a heart soft as leather
 Leevi
 Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down
 Ten thousand miles from a Southern town
 Oh, Leevi
 Like a fire on the mountain runnin' wild in those days
 Playin' Knights of the Golden Horseshoe and Indian Raids
 Now it's parachutes and combat boots, and camouflage their planes
 And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway
 Leevi
 Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down
 Ten thousand miles from a Southern town
 Oh, Leevi
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 Where the sandbox sure gets lonesome and it's 109 degrees
 Singin', "Carry me back to Virginia, Lord, I'm down here on my knees"
 In a market square, while the bells were ringin' loud to fill the air
 Leevi gazed his eyes out through the rocket glare
 Beyond the desert and the ocean, to the furthest fields of home
 And when the bullets pierced his body, he was already gone
 Leevi
 Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down
 Ten thousand miles from a Southern town
 Oh, Leevi
 Lord, Lord, Lord, they shot him down
 Oh, Leevi
 Oh, Leevi