Tonart: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
where I was born
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That's where I got my education
I worked in the fields and
I walked in the woods
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And I wondered at creation
Verse 2
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I recall the sun in a sky of blue
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And the smell of green things growin'
And the seasons changed
and I lived each day
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Just the way the wind was blowin'
Verse 3
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Then I heard of a cultured
city life
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Breathtakin' lofty steeples
And the day I called myself a man
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I left my land and my people
Verse 4
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And I rambled north and I rambled east
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And I tested and I tasted
And a girl or two,
took me round and round
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But they always left me wasted
Verse 5
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In a world that's all concrete and steel
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With nothin' green ever growin'
Where the buildings hide
the risin' sun
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And they blocked the free winds
Verse 6
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Where you sleep all day
and you wake all night
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To a world of drink and laughter
I met that girl that I was sure would be
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The one that I was af ter
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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In a soft blue gown and formal tux
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Beneath that lofty steeple
He said, "Do you Barbara,
take this man
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Will you be one of his people?"
Verse 8
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And she said, "I will",
and she said, "I do"
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And the world looked mighty pretty
And we lived in a fancy
downtown flat
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'Cause she loved the noisy city
Verse 9
beneath a yellow sky
And I longed for green
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things growin'
And the thoughts of home
and the people there
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But she'd not agreed to goin'
Verse 10
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Then her hazel eyes turned away from me
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With a look that wasn't pretty
And she turned into
concrete and steel
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And she said, "I'll take the city"
Verse 11
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Now the cars go by on the interstate
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And my pack is on my shoulder
But I'm goin' home, where I belong
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Much wiser now and older
Outro 1
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