I got a brand new companion. Man, I'm gonna do my best this time. I got a brand new companion. Man, I'm gonna do my best this time. You know she cools me with her breathin'.
I'm gonna lay my troubles on a railroad track. I'm gonna ride, I ain't lookin' back. I tried to stop but I can't unpack. Gotta get used to the clickety clack.
I heard her sing in tongues of silver. I heard her cry on a summer storm. I loved her but she did not know it. So I don't think about her anymore. . Now she's gone and I can't believe it.
I got a brand new companion. Man, I'm gonna do my best this time. I got a brand new companion. Man, I'm gonna do my best this time. You know she cools me with her breathing.
Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains. My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And I aint comin back here anymore.
I gotta guitar all my own, I gotta quarter for the telephone. I ain't headed down this highway all alone. One two three and maybe four honey, they're knockin' on my door.
Well, Billy went down to the battleground. To find a little trinket he could call his own. Didn't see nothin' lying around. He decided he'd dig awhile.