Million Miles to the City

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.

Well, how far away is the city

You know that's a great big town

And Barbara said, "Why, it's a million miles

And then 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 some day we all wanna go.

There was a town nearby but a town is a town

And a city that's somethin' else

Our daddy had been to a city

But he never was much help.

The buildings're taller than oak trees

Ah, but we knew better than that

'Cause ain't nobody could climb that high

The city was 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 some day we all wanna go.

The years have 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 all just a 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 some day we all wanna go...