Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
from the top of the Blue Ridge
near 20 miles away, I would stand
between two peaks,
sun rising,
looking out and down
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
and I would shut my eyes,
two half-moons
blocking sunlight
like the mountains,
wind lifting my hair,
sprawling my hands out into
it, listening
Oh Shenandoah, it’s far I wander
always, there are things
in the way of light--
but still I dream that
I could stand up
high, feeling,
breath catching on
Oh Shenandoah,
away, we’re bound away.
from the top of the Blue Ridge
near 20 miles away, I would stand
between two peaks,
sun rising,
looking out and down
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
and I would shut my eyes,
two half-moons
blocking sunlight
like the mountains,
wind lifting my hair,
sprawling my hands out into
it, listening
Oh Shenandoah, it’s far I wander
always, there are things
in the way of light--
but still I dream that
I could stand up
high, feeling,
breath catching on
Oh Shenandoah,
away, we’re bound away.
