LyricS

I was many miles from Blacksburg when the cannon fire burst
It chilled me to the marrowed bone but did not move the earth
I was many miles from Blacksburg but I knew that you had gone
Take what you can before god calls you on

I thought that you would be home by now
I thought that you would be home by now
But you’re many miles from Blacksburg with my father and our son
Take what you can before god takes someone

c. 2014 Goodnight, Texas - Seriously Serious Songs (ASCAP) / Porch Couch Songs (ASCAP)

Appears on the 2014 album “Uncle John Farquhar”
Recorded by Goodnight, Texas
Mixed by Scott McDowell
Mastered by Jonathan Kirchner

Note: Yes, I think of this song as being about Blacksburg, Virginia.