Far too many times I've held it in

Appalachian rage in the northbound wind

My mind is growing strong but my body's wearing thin

I can’t turn this thing around

But you might see it every now and then

Appalachian sorrow running down my skin

Thinkin' of tomorrow, somethings that might have been

I'm just trying to live it down

Oh, I'm just trying to live it down

When they lay my body in the green, green grass

I will whisper secrets to the animals that pass

Bout the times I know I swore I was never coming back

But I lied

I am Appalachia

Oh, I lied

I am Appalachia

Wake up to find that I’ve outgrown my friends

Our seeds grew side by side but my roots grew thin

Then one day I blew away in Autumn's restless wind

She has never set me down

Alone I wing my way through winter storms

Spring brought new life and summer down it was torn

There was blood on my mama’s knees from talking to the Lord

He won’t let me wash it out

Oh, he won't let me wash it out

When they lay my body in the green, green grass

I will whisper secrets to the animals that pass

Bout the times I walked away 'bout the times I ran back

'Cause inside

I am Appalachia

Oh, inside

I am Appalachia

Lay my body in the green, green grass

In the green, green grass I'm coming back

Lay my body in the green, green grass

In the green, green grass I'm coming back

I'm coming back