Oh Virginia
You are my wishing tree, you are my pot of gold, you are the canvas for a thousand stories I've been told.
You are my destiny, you hold my family bones, deep in the soil of those mountains where they used to roam.
OH Virginia....
You are my sun at noon, you are my moon at night, you are the dream inside that fuels me when the darkness bites.
If ever I've been blessed, it's by your lovlieness, deep in the silence of the winter when the snows confess.
How much you mean to me, from mountains to the sea.
Oh Virginia....
If ever I should fall, from these highs I fly, I hope the burden of my burden doesn't leave me dry.
But when they finally claim, this body and this pain, I hope to find my broken wholeness in your arms again...Oh Virginia
credits
from My Roots Are Showing,
released April 22, 2020
All songs written by Tracey Thomas (White Horse Music).
My Roots Are Showing was produced by Tracey Thomas with Benjamin Payne. Album recorded and engineered by Benjamin Payne. Package Design: Tracey Thomas.
The amazing musicians who played on this record are, Benjamin William Payne, guitars, drums, bass, whistling and the vast majority of everything. Tim Longfellow, piano, accordion. Steve Norgrove, upright and electric bass. Heather Malyuk, fiddle. Mark Shengle, pedal steel, Tracey Thomas, acoustic guitar, vocals and glitter.
Tracey's Thomas was a member of the legendary Akron Music Scene having fronted the band Unit 5. Tracey has worked with many
established musicians from Melanie and Judy Collins to The Black Keys. She resides in Akron Ohio and is in 3 local museums including the Akron Sound display at the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame....more
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