Cold mountains they're here around me

Cold waters rolling down the stream

Oft in my sleep I think I see you

But when I wake it's just a dream



I've often thought, I've often wondered

What makes young women love young men

They're like the stars on a summer morning

First they appear and then they're gone



I'd rather be in some God holler

Where the sun don't ever shine

Than to see you with another

And know you never would be mine



I've wandered down your lonesome highways

I've chased the stars most of my days

I'm going back to East Virginia

The place where I was born and raised



Cold mountains they are here around me

Cold waters rolling down the stream

Oft in my sleep I think I see you

But when I wake it's just a dream