Steep Canyon Rangers - Hominy Valley
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{Verse 1}
Two Cherokee scouts were tracking General Rutherford’s march through the Swannanoa hills
The Yanks got wise and poisoned Caney creek and one of them braves got killed
He was buried sitting beneath an oak tree
Sitting up so he could keep his watch over Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me
{Chorus}
And all I’ve got to go on is three lines in a book that nobody reads and the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals
And sure enough there’s a rise about three feet high and I can follow the line of his eyes out across thе field
Over Hominy Valley
I think hе’s watching me still
{Verse 2}
The neighborhood fought it when some money from Charlotte bought up that riverbend
But the church owned the land and they needed the cash and their lawyers got an easy win
So look who’s moving in now
Who am I to run my mouth about Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me now
{Chorus}
And all I’ve got to go on is three lines in a book that nobody reads and the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals
And sure enough there’s a rise about three feet high and I can follow the line of his eyes out across the field
Over Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me still
{Verse 3}
The gate by the road stays locked but you can still walk up to get to where he sleeps
A tree crew is making their way through the hood, they’re doing hard work and doing it cheap
One of those guys speaks English alright, and I asked him if they had their sights on that oak on the hill
Over Hominy Valley”
{Chorus}
And all I’ve got to go on is three lines in a book that nobody reads and the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals
And sure enough there’s a rise about three feet high and I can follow the line of his eyes out across the field
Over Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me still
{Outro}
I think he’s watching me still
I think he’s watching me still
{Verse 1}
Two Cherokee scouts were tracking General Rutherford’s march through the Swannanoa hills
The Yanks got wise and poisoned Caney creek and one of them braves got killed
He was buried sitting beneath an oak tree
Sitting up so he could keep his watch over Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me
{Chorus}
And all I’ve got to go on is three lines in a book that nobody reads and the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals
And sure enough there’s a rise about three feet high and I can follow the line of his eyes out across thе field
Over Hominy Valley
I think hе’s watching me still
{Verse 2}
The neighborhood fought it when some money from Charlotte bought up that riverbend
But the church owned the land and they needed the cash and their lawyers got an easy win
So look who’s moving in now
Who am I to run my mouth about Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me now
{Chorus}
And all I’ve got to go on is three lines in a book that nobody reads and the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals
And sure enough there’s a rise about three feet high and I can follow the line of his eyes out across the field
Over Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me still
{Verse 3}
The gate by the road stays locked but you can still walk up to get to where he sleeps
A tree crew is making their way through the hood, they’re doing hard work and doing it cheap
One of those guys speaks English alright, and I asked him if they had their sights on that oak on the hill
Over Hominy Valley”
{Chorus}
And all I’ve got to go on is three lines in a book that nobody reads and the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals
And sure enough there’s a rise about three feet high and I can follow the line of his eyes out across the field
Over Hominy Valley
I think he’s watching me still
{Outro}
I think he’s watching me still
I think he’s watching me still
