RAPPAHANNOCK

Ancient people lived and died underneath those trees
Raised their babies and let them run on a blanket of leaves
This life is a beautiful thing and it doesn’t end
I can hear the ancient Ones in the hills, whispering

Rappahannock, Rappahannock, old voices are calling me
Rappahannock, Rappahannock, life is more than what the living can see
Rappahannock, you’re a mystery

There’s a farmhouse in Castleton made out of Shenandoah stone
There’s a red tailed hawk on the “for sale” sign screaming welcome home
We’re gonna raise our boys out here; let them hear God sing
His song is on this Earth, out here in everything

Rappahannock, Rappahannock, old voices are calling me
Rappahannock, Rappahannock, life is more than what the living can see
Rappahannock, you’re a mystery

From the river there comes a song from long ago
In broken pottery of those long gone I hear a song I know
From the arrowheads in the clay, something sacred sings
It says protect this land so children can know the peace it brings

Rappahannock, Rappahannock, old voices are calling me
Rappahannock, Rappahannock, life is more than what the living can see
Rappahannock, may your blessings always be

There’s a farmhouse in Castleton made out of Shenandoah stone
There’s a red tailed hawk on the “for sale” sign screaming welcome home

@Ben Mason 2001