For You, We Keep On the Lights


This above all. Plain and Simple . . .

FROM LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER, WE WAIT SUMMER AND WINTER.

FOR YOU, WE KEEP ON THE LIGHTS.

REGARDLESS OF OUR POLITICAL AND OTHER POSITIONS.


Come Home With Your Wild Sweet Smile

Click here for the sheet music.
Click on music note to play song.

Verse 1. To West Virginians in the Military:

Allow us to tell you,
it’s plain; it’s simple.
We just wanna say, "Thanks."

From our mountaineer spirit,
We want you to hear it.
In unity we say, "Thanks!"

Now you’ve got a brave heart,
Serve with a good start,
And you gotta West Virginia smile. . .

Come home – west from DC,
East from Kentucky
‘Cross the Ohio River –
any way we’re lucky.
When you’re home with your wild, sweet smile

We from left, right and center,
wait summer and winter.
For you, we keep on the lights.

We’re most elevated.
Not complicated.
Come home with your
wild, sweet smile (repeat twice) 		Verse 2. To Strangers to West Virginia:

Allow me to tell you,
it’s plain; it’s simple
I’m from a place I like

We got cornbread and green beans
Open faced greetings
Served in a style that’s right.

Now if you’ve got a pure heart,
Could use a new start
And you wanna see yourself smile. . .

Come on – west from DC,
East from Kentucky,
‘cross the Ohio River –
any way you’re lucky.
In West Virginia’s wild, sweet smile

We’re not North, South or Center
Wait summer and winter.
For you, we keep on the light.

We’re most elevated.
Not complicated.
West Virginia with a
wild, sweet smile (repeat and yell last SMILE)

Idea and graphic for this page contributed by West Virginia State University Advertising students, taught by Professor Jack Skeens.

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