We're goin' west to Kaintuck, down the road to 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 goin' way out west meant goin' to Kaintuck,
The "dark and bloody ground" as the Indians called it.
Indians wars were ragin' and men like Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner
Came down the wilderness road like countless families did,
Through a place in southwest Virginia called Big Moccasin Gap.
It's a hot day in '73 and this is my wife and my kids with me.
Daniel Boone lost his boy the other day . . . young Jim Boone is dead, twenty miles away.
The wagons turn and went back home -- even Daniel couldn't make it alone.
I guess prob'ly Daniel could, but he stopped awhile in Castle Wood.
(If you love your wife and love your baby, man . . .
Turn your wagons back as soon as you can!
Ev'ry Injun in these hills has gone berserk.
You're never gonna make it to Kaintuck!)
Oh, I bet I'm gonna make it to Kaintuck!
We're goin' west to Kaintuck, down the road to Moccasin Gap.
Down the wilderness road . . .
The Dug Road, the old Reedy Creek Road,
The Road down Troublesome, Road through Moccasin Gap.