west virginia oh my home west virginia s where i belong in the dead of the night in the still and the quiet i slip away like a bird in flight back to those hills the place that i call home it s been years now since i left there and this city life s about got the best of me i can t remember why i left so free what i wanted to do what i wanted to see but i can sure remember where i come from west virginia oh my home west virginia s where i belong in the dead of the night in the still and the quiet i slip away like a bird in flight back to those hills the place that i call home well i paid the price for the leaving and this life i have is not one i thought i d find just let me live love let me cry but when i go just let me die among the friends who ll remember when i m gone west virginia oh my home west virginia s where i belong in the dead of the night in the still and the quiet i slip away like a bird in flight back to those hills the place where i call home home home home oh i can see it so clear in my mind home home home i can almost smell the honeysuckle vines  in the dead of the night in the still and the quiet i slip away like a bird in flight back to those hills the place that i call home in the dead of the night in the still and the quiet i slip away like a bird in flight back to those hills the place that i call home