WELL IM A COUNTRY BOY, IM OUTTA PLACE, TURNED CITY BUM
A GOOD DAY TO ME IS GETTIN' BY
I WALK A CITY MILE, WITHOUT EVER SEEIN' THE SUN
THERES NO NEED TO REACH FOR STARS, WHEN YOU CANT SEE THE SKY
WELL ITS A GOD FORSAKEN CITY, IM SO CALLED LIVIN' IN
WE'RE TRYIN' TO KEEP FROM DYIN' IN IT SEEMS
HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO LEARN TO BREATHE THIS DIRT, DEATH AND SIN
HERE AND NOW ITS JUST MY PRISON, BUT SOMEDAY IS MY DREAM
CHORUS:
SOMEDAY ILL GO BACK TO KENTUCKY
AND BREATHE THAT COOL GREEN RIVER AIR
I HOPE AND PRAY THAT ILL GET LUCKY
AND GO BACK TO GODS COUNTRY, THATS MY ONLY PRAYER
I TRY TO FIND A FRIENDLY FACE, TO HELP ME PASS SOME TIME
BUT I THINK I LEFT THEM ALL IN MY HOMETOWN
AND ID LAY DOWN IN SOME GREEN GRASS AND EASE MY CLOUDED MIND
BUT THESE CROWDED STREETS GO ON AND ON AND I CANT FIND THE GROUND
REPEAT CHORUS
THE WIND BLOWS OFF THE FREIGHT YARD, SINGS A LONESOME CHORD
HUNG ME LIKE A CHEAP SOUVENIER
THERES A MAN DOWN BY THE MISSION SAYS DO YOU WANNA KNOW THE LORD?
YES I WANNA KNOW HIM, BUT I DONT BELIEVE HE'S HERE
REPEAT CHORUS
THATS MY ONLY PRAYER