The Holler's Ghost

[Intro]
[Verse]
Heels sink in the red clay
The porch swing hangs by a thread
City lights feel far away
Words that Grandma never said
Rust on the old screen door
Dust across the kitchen floor
[Pre-Chorus]
Then I see that cedar case
Tattered pages, ink so thin
Hidden in a quiet place
Let the mountain music in
[Chorus]
Oh, the banjo starts to ring
I left the smoke and steel
Hear the hollow valley sing
To remember how to feel
The fireflies are waking up
I’m finally coming in
Sip the moon from a tin cup
Where the songs begin
[Post-Chorus]
Home again, home again
In the valley, in the glen
Home again, home again
Where the music used to begin
[Verse]
Tobacco rows are overgrown
The viola wails a lonesome tune
Seeds that we have long since sown
Underneath a heavy moon
I found the chords she wrote
In every shaky, handwritten note
[Break]
[Bridge]
I traded stars for traffic lights
But the mountain never moved
Lost my way on city nights
It just waited to be proved
That the blood inside my veins
Still remembers Appalachian rains
[Verse]
Staccato plucks on five tight strings
The slap of bass against the wood
I can feel the peace it brings
Like I always knew it would
I’m humming tunes I used to know
Watching all the shadows grow
[Chorus]
Oh, the banjo starts to ring
I left the smoke and steel
Hear the hollow valley sing
To remember how to feel
The fireflies are waking up
I’m finally coming in
Sip the moon from a tin cup
Where the songs begin
[Post-Chorus]
Home again, home again
In the valley, in the glen
Home again, home again
Where the music used to begin
[Outro]