Born up on the Blue Ridge at the Carolina line
Baptized on the banks of the New River
Brought up on the bluegrass, and clear moon shine
Tough as iron, but a heart as soft as leather
Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down
10,000 miles from a southern town
Oh Levi
Like fire on a mountain, running wild in those days
Playing knights of the golden horse shoe and Indian raids
Now it's parachutes and combat boots and camouflaged airplanes
And a country boy who don't belong in the desert anyway
Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down
10,000 miles from a southern town
Oh Levi
Well the sand box sure gets lonesome
Ands 109 degrees
Singing carry me back to Virginia
Lord I'm down here on my knees
In a market square where the bells were ringing loud to fill the air
Levi gazed his eyes out to the rocket glare
Beyond the desert and the ocean, to the farthest fields of home
And when the bullets pierced his body he was already gone
Levi, lord, lord, lord the shot him down
10,000 miles from a southern town
Oh Levi