A Million Miles to the City

(Tom T. Hall)



Yeah, I remember it now we were kids back then

Living down on the farm

We were told that the city

Could only bring us harm.



How far is the city somebody said

You know 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 the valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city

And some day we all wanna go.



There was a town near by but a town is a town

And a city, well, that's somethin' else

Our daddy had been to a city

But he never was much help.



Why the buildings're 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 the valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city

And some day 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 other's eyes.



Lord, I'd love to go back to those hills again

To the boy I used to be

Where the leaves in the wind and the whippoorwills were

Part of the land like me.



It's a million miles to the city

From the hills and the valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city

And some day we all wanna go.



It's a million miles to the city

From the hills and the valleys we know

It's a million miles to the city

And some day we all wanna go...