The Gravy Boys

Emmy Lou

Down the highway south of Walkersville
In the hills of West VA
T’is a girl with eyes of emerald green
Who stole my heart away

Now her daddy owns the lumber mill
Where I works to earn me pay
Where I dream that I might be the man
By her side one fine soft day
By her side one fine soft day

Emmy Lou, I’ve been watching you
With your pinafore and custom shade
I took a chance, asked you to dance
But you never even looked my way

Well it’s true that I am not high born
Use me back to earn my pay
And her Daddy’s quick to recollect
That I’m new to Amerikay

In my dream she does not care ‘bout that
When she takes my hand in her’s
But the screech of saw blades brings me back
To my plight on this hard earth
To my plight on this hard earth

Chorus

At a barn dance in October last
Under God’s own harvest moon
I decided to approach the lass
And propose the coming June

I declared my love and begged a dance
Would she join me for a reel?
But she walked right by as in a trance
Crushed my heart under her heel

Now I walk these hills an empty man
All I do is weep and toil
And I curse the winds that left me here
In the shadow of a girl
In the shadow of a girl

Chorus 2x

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