I remember the face of an angel A love that was faithful and true I left that dear girl in the mountains For a ramblin' life empty and blue Sweet roses bloom where they're planted Wildflowers seed on the wind That valley was closer to heaven Than any place this poor fool's been It's a far cry from here to Virginia But I'd crawl every inch of that ground My teardrops fall like the rain on the roof Of that Blue Ridge home where I'm bound ♪ This highway's a ribbon of lonesome Don't care where I lay my head down Virginia has died broken-hearted My sweet mountain darlin' is gone It's a far cry from here to Virginia But I'd crawl every inch of that ground My teardrops fall like rain on the roof Of that Blue Ridge home where I'm bound ♪ My teardrops fall like rain on the roof Of that Blue Ridge home where I'm bound I remember the face of an angel