Countryside Lyrics - Singles - Carl Rachel

I was just a little bum back in '61 

staring out that ol' Ford window young and open-eyed 

didn't matter where we were going 

just as long as I saw green 

I remember well being thankful for Sunday rides... 

'cause I was 

City born and city raised 

to this day I'm still amazed 

that nothing could ever make me citified 

in my hopes, in my dreams 

I kept going home, it seems 

going home to my country side. 

Life got way too crowded, at least it did for me 

looking for a place to run to where I could hide 

didn't matter where I'd be going, 

there was no place in between 

to afford my own Ford so I could take that ride... 

might've been 

City born and city raised 

maybe not so well behaved 

'cause nobody could ever make me citified 

when in my hopes, in my dreams 

I kept going home, it seems 

going home to my country side. 

When you're home up in the mountains 

there's no place like home 

to lay in the shade and smell that fresh mown hay 

steal moonlight in the forest, run the fields on starry nights 

wake up to a down-home holiday 

Took me more than a little while to go that country mile 

staring out that old office window worn and bleary eyed 

didn't matter when I'd be going 

just as long as I could dream 

dream of packing it in - and up - 

and taking a permanent ride... 

'cause when you're 

City born and city raised 

you don't look back, it's just a haze 

where nothing could ever make you citified 

when in your hopes, and in your dreams 

you keep going home, it seems 

going home to your country side. 

I get down and thank God 

for my country side.