Kentucky Blue
Chorus:
Fare Thee Well, Kentucky Blue
My Blue Heart will yearn for You
And then when my longin’s through…
I’ll rest beneath…Kentucky Blue.
When I was young, I told my Mom
Ma, I must leave, My Bluegrass Home
To see what’s greener over there,
To ride that wild and untamed mare.
I walked the world both near and far
Sure saw some sights from my boxcar
Yes, I could travel ever more
Still miss the view out my back door.
This wanderlust, I’ll ever own
There’s still much world I’m prone to roam
The hobo’s spirit’s in my bones
But I still miss my bluegrass home.
My shoes I patch, my clothes I mend
To peer the view, ‘round yonder bend
And when my last mountain I climb
They’ll ship my bones back home in pine.
When my last river, I do ford
I pray my soul fly to my Lord
But my spent flesh back home to you
To rest beneath Kentucky Blue.
Chorus and repeat last line
Fare Thee Well, Kentucky Blue
My Blue Heart will yearn for You
And then when my longin’s through…
I’ll rest beneath…Kentucky Blue.
When I was young, I told my Mom
Ma, I must leave, My Bluegrass Home
To see what’s greener over there,
To ride that wild and untamed mare.
I walked the world both near and far
Sure saw some sights from my boxcar
Yes, I could travel ever more
Still miss the view out my back door.
This wanderlust, I’ll ever own
There’s still much world I’m prone to roam
The hobo’s spirit’s in my bones
But I still miss my bluegrass home.
My shoes I patch, my clothes I mend
To peer the view, ‘round yonder bend
And when my last mountain I climb
They’ll ship my bones back home in pine.
When my last river, I do ford
I pray my soul fly to my Lord
But my spent flesh back home to you
To rest beneath Kentucky Blue.
Chorus and repeat last line
