I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes  
Held up in the middle of the night  
Shakin' like a pistol in a young man's hand  
There in the pale moonlight  
Standin' up on top of that lonely hill  
Spared by the company mine  
Is my blue-eyed baby with her best dress on  
In the shadow of a lonely pine

Oh, but back before the war when the company came  
These hills grew wild and free  
Me and baby, we'd hide in the hollers low  
Away from the cruel sun's heat  
But then they knocked down the timber and burned off the brush  
To get to the riches below  
And when they pulled out, they left the coal-black ground  
And one pine standing alone

So take me home  
Lone Pine hill

Now, I signed up back in '61  
I'm an army of Virginia man  
I've been from Manassas to Maconacey  
All the way to Sailor's Creek  
Fighting for my homeland  
After four years gone and all hope lost  
And Richmond under siege  
And we're diggin' out Five Forks, waitin' in the rain  
For Sheridan to bring us to our knees

So take me home  
Lone Pine hill

There's a strange moon hangin' overhead tonight  
And if the rain keeps coming, then the creek's gonna rise  
But with the good Lord's grace  
I'll make it outta this place and  
I'll be in your arms come the morning light, I swear

So, God, grant me speed and grant me forgiveness  
And carry me all through the night  
Take me through your hills and over your rivers  
Away from this awful fight  
'Cause I ain't never known a man that's ever owned another  
And ain't never owned nothin' of my own  
So after four long years, I just can't tell you  
What the hell I've been fighting for

So take me home  
Lone Pine hill

Justin Townes Earle -- "Lone Pine Hill"