i was a river out in west virginia the greenbrier valley guided me on and i reached out in all directions and i tried to hold you in my arms and at the bottom of a deep caldera i saw the fading oregon light and i felt a comfort in the darkness even as it kept me up all night i want to be good for you oh i was happiness and i was sorrow down on that old south boundary line and what will i become tomorrow maybe everything will be alright i dont want to keep you up all night i want to be good for you i stood above the rocky mountains where colorado touches new mexico and i could see a hundred miles but i was many thousand miles from home