Well I grew up in Junior West Virginia
Across the river on the hill
Daddy worked the coal mines in the daytime
And at night he'd light up the still
If you'll be my mountain mama
Try to love me as best you can
If you'll be my mountain mama
I'll be your West Virginia man
Momma left me at the local quick stop
Drove off from the pump when I was three
Now you can't get too far on a stolen tank of gas
But she still ain't come back for me
If you'll be my mountain mama
Try to love me as best you can
If you'll be my mountain mama
I'll be your West Virginia man
My best friend's wife she liked to run around
She didn't love him faithfully
Now he's locked up down in Glenville
For killing a man he thought was me
If you'll be my mountain mama
Try to love me as best you can
If you'll be my mountain mama
I'll be your West Virginia man
If you'll be my mountain mama
I'll be your West Virginia man