Bluer Pastures

(Dolly Parton)



I was lookin' for greener pastures

When I left my old Kentucky home

I was chasin' after dreams I thought I'd master

So I left the one that loved me all along.



Thinkin' only of myself and doin' better

Didn't care about the grief I left behind

Didn't even make a card or write a letter

So sure I'd be successful in no time.



Now I'm heading for bluer pastures

And back to the one who's heart I broke

To the bluegrass state of Kentucky

Where he waits with open for me I hope.



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Ain't it funny how you are when you're younger?

How what you have is never good enough

How the years will find you searchin' through your plunder

Lookin' for the treasures you gave up.



Well the seasons came, they went the dreams all shattered

While the grass just stayed a lonely shade of brown

Then I realized I'd lost all that had mattered

So with foolish pride aside, I'm homeward bound.



Now I'm heading for bluer pastures

And back to the one who's heart I broke

To the bluegrass state of ole Kentucky

Where he waits with open for me I hope.



Now I'm heading for bluer pastures

Where the bluegrass waves sweetly in the wind

Where the bluegrass music's always playin'

To the haunting sound of Monroe's mandolin.



I'm heading for bluer pastures...