We're going west to Kaintuck Down the road through Moccasin Gap Down the Wilderness Road The Dug Road the old Reedy Creek Road The Road down Troublesome Road through Moccasin Gap There was a time when going way out west meant going out to Kaintuck The dark and bloody ground as the Indians called it Indian wars were raging and men like Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner Came down the Wilderness Road like countless families did Through a place in southwestern Virginia called Big Moccasin Gap Well, it's a hot day in '73 And this is my wife and kids with me Daniel Boone lost his boy the other day Young Jim Boone's dead not 20 miles away The wagons turned and went back home Even Daniel couldn't make it alone Well, I guess maybe Daniel could But he stopped awhile in Castlewood Well, if you love your wife and love your baby, man You better turn those wagons back as soon as you can Every Indian in them hills has gone berserk And you're never going to make it to Kaintuck Oh, I bet I'm going to make it to Kaintuck We're going west to Kaintuck Down the road through Moccasin Gap June and backup: Down the wilderness road The Dug Road the old Reedy Creek Road The Road down Troublesome Road through Moccasin Gap The Dug Road the old Reedy Creek Road The Road down Troublesome Road through Moccasin Gap