IT'S BEEN
TEN LONG YEARS
SINCE I LEFT MY HOME
IN A HOLLER
WHERE I WAS BORN
WHERE THE COOL
FALL NIGHTS
MAKE THE WOOD
SMOKE RISE
AND A FOX HUNTER
BLOWS HIS HORN
I FELL IN LOVE
WITH A GIRL
FROM THE TOWN
I THOUGHT
THAT SHE WOULD
BE TRUE
I RAN AWAY
TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
AND WORKED
IN A SAWMILL OR TWO
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE
TO THE OLD HOME PLACE
WHY
DID THEY TEAR IT DOWN
AND WHY DID I LEAVE
THE PLOW IN THE FIELD
AND LOOK FOR A JOB
IN THE TOWN
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
NOW THE GIRL RAN OFF
WITH SOMEBODY ELSE
THE TARIFFS
TOOK ALL MY PAY
AND HERE I STAND
WHERE THE OLD
HOME STOOD
BEFORE
THEY TOOK IT AWAY
NOW THE GEESE
FLY SOUTH
AND THE COLD WIND
BLOWS
AS I STAND HERE
AND HANG MY HEAD
I'VE LOST MY LOVE
I'VE LOST MY HOME
AND NOW I WISH
THAT I WAS DEAD
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE
TO THE OLD HOME PLACE
WHY
DID THEY TEAR IT DOWN
AND WHY DID I LEAVE
THE PLOW IN THE FIELD
AND LOOK FOR A JOB
IN THE TOWN
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE
TO THE OLD HOME PLACE
WHY
DID THEY TEAR IT DOWN
AND WHY DID I LEAVE
THE PLOW IN THE FIELD
AND LOOK FOR A JOB
IN THE TOWN