RavannaI was born down by the missouri riverwhere the copperheads and the catfish playjust up the hill there out in jackson countythey brought me home in a chevroletI always wanted to be just like my daddyhe wrapped me up there in the traveler's joyI spend a great deal of my life out on the highwayand there's several devils there that I must employI'm a long way from Ravannawhere as a child I used to roamalong the line there where the wild blackberry growI'm not sad to think about itthose old memories just make me strongand they shine a mighty light wherever I goMy mama raised me on a switch and some cornbreada kiss on my face when I lay down to dreamshe taught me how to hear the world while it's turningit's been too long since I heard her singLord knows I try to keep my spirits in the velvet but it's toughI will take what I inherit friend and that should be enoughthat should be enoughnow I don't believe that I was born a sinnerbut I've been working hard to catch up there just the sameLord lord lord good god almighty I am only humanisn't that a burden and ain't that a shame? Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blackcopyright 2011 Lotos Nile Music