You've been carryin' heartache 'round these small and dirty towns
Clutched-up in your heart and soul, Bluefield to Wheeling town
I've seen you in the coal mine shacks, in the mountains of the north
And the southern farmlands cracked your hands to show these men your worth

West Virginia girl, I've loved you from the start
My west Virginia girl, these songs I sing for you
For I know God loves you in His heart
God knows I love you too

With all the weight of decades upon you as you strive
With the poverty around your door the wisdom in your eyes
Don't the coal dust ever make you weep come a'siftin' through your sod
Don't your tears e'er seem to blur your sleep, come a dreamin' out for God

West Virginia girl, I've loved you from the start
My west Virginia girl, these songs I sing for you
For I know God loves you in His heart
God knows I love you too

You have seen your sons and husbands carried from those mines
With a "coal tattoo" deep in their chest, a death stare in their eyes
Down in Farmington, I heard your cries and felt your miseries too
Small comfort tho' my song my bring, I'm singin' it for you

West Virginia girl, I've loved you from the start
My west Virginia girl, these songs I sing for you
For I know God loves you in His heart
God knows I love you too

Now I sing this song for every West Virginia girl I've known
And for every one I'll never know who shares this mountain home
For my mama and my grandma, all who gave their love to me
For the Gypsy and her mother, and the one who would not be

West Virginia girl, I've loved you from the start
My west Virginia girl, these songs I sing for you
For I know God loves you in His heart
God knows I love you too

How could I do anything but love you
West Virginia girl, the things you give to me
I come walkin' down a sad and lonely highway
West Virginia girl, you know you set me free

Talkin' about your love, I'm talkin' about your everlastin' love
Oh, it's a cool sweet mountain love, like a West Virginia girl
Oh, West Virginia girl, my West Virginia girl, my West Virginia girl, West Virginia girl