The LoneTones: Listen
Glad I Stayed
(The LoneTones)
Words and Music by Steph Gunnoe
I’ll go away and leave this mountain laurel
Get away from all your sassafras
This hollow smothers me in this canopy
It’s so hard to be among the plants
But I’m glad I stayed for the winter
Though was cold and hard to see
How if you stay for the winter
It makes the springtime twice as sweet
The Appalachian Spring’s a lovely thing
When the hillsides start to swell
I love the neon green and the babies
I guess I’ll lighten up as well
I’m glad I stayed for the winter…
The tenderest of the greens turn bitter
Oh when the season’s gone too long
I lit up like a weed and turned to seed
My flavor gets too strong
But I’m glad I stayed for the summer
Though it was hot and hard to see
How if you stay for the summer
It makes the fall turn twice as sweet