Oh sweet Virginia, though I've never known Your trees and fields, they all start telling me of home Oh gentle transport, on my journeys way I'd tell the truth to her if I knew what I should say North Carolina welcomes me Warm-weathered smiles and familiar food to eat Oh happy refuge from 80 miles per hour I'd tell her clearly but it's not yet in my power Oh quiet cabin, hurling me through space Give me a moment to begin to see my place I need your landscapes for my rural mind Give me a respite, give me some time ♪ South Carolina, tell me what to say It's February but you kiss me like it's May Tell easy stories of my college friends I need your life to breathe into my soul again Oh quiet cabin, hurling me through space Give me a moment to begin to see my place I need your landscapes for my rural mind Give me a respite, give me some time ♪ Oh early moonrise, don't come up so fast Don't leave me driving to a place I cannot last Oh brief reunion, whispered words of peace Follow me northward, tuck me in to sleep Oh quiet cabin, hurling me through space Give me a moment to begin to see my place I need your landscapes for my rural mind Give me a respite, give me some time