"VIRGINIA, YOU'RE PRETTY"
© 2009 Oliver John-Rodgers (OJR)
I’ve got twenty dollars in the gas tank
It’s my parents’ money, anyway
If we drive out west to Winchester
We can watch the mountains slide away
I guess we leave come summertime
So for now let’s sing our sweet songs
On a hilltop high above this small town
That I’ve called my home for too long
Virginia, you’re pretty
And I’m glad to have known you
But I’m leaving to make a new start
Dark days are long gone
I’ve grown up and moved on
I’m fixin’ to fix up my heart
I spent four long years in a high school
Reading books of love and of war
Waiting patiently for the right girl to come
And to teach me what’s less and what’s more
So I’m studying maps of the East coast
Deciding where it is I’d like to go now
New York sounds comely this time of year
Friends, I’d love you if I only knew how
Virginia, you’re pretty
And I’m glad to have known you
But I’m leaving to make a new start
Dark days are long gone
I’ve grown up and moved on
I’m fixin’ to fix up my heart