A Million Miles To The City - Tom T. Hall

Yeah, I remember it now,

We were kids back then

Livin' down on the farm

We were told that the city

Could only bring us harm

"How far is the city?", somebody said

And, "Oh, that's a great big town"

And Barbara said,

"Why, it's a million miles"

And the story got around

It's a million miles to the city

From the hills and valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city

And someday we all wanna go

There was a town nearby

But a town is a town

And the city well, that's something else

Our daddy had been to a city

But he never was much help

Why the buildings are taller than Oak trees

Ah, but we knew better than that

Ain't nobody could climb that high

The cities were wide and flat

It's a million miles to the city

From the hills and valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city

And someday we all wanna go

Well, now time has passed and we have grown

And traveled far and wide

The cities have changed the kids we were

We see it in each others eyes

But I'd love to go back to those hills again

To the boy I used to be

Where the leaves and the wind

And the whippoorwills

Were part of the land like me

It's a million miles to the city

From the hills and valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city

And someday we all wanna go

It's a million miles to the city

From the hills and valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city