The Ballad Of Barbara Lyrics - Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town - Johnny Cash

In a southern town where I was born 

That's where I got my education 

I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods 

And I wondered at creation. 

I recall the sun in a sky of blue 

And the smell of green things growin' 

And the seasons chang'd and I lived each day 

Just the way the wind was blowin'. 

Then I heard of a cultured city life 

Breath takin' lofty steeples 

And the day I called myself a man 

I left my land and my people. 

And I rambled north and I rambled east 

And I tested and I tasted 

And a girl or two, took me round and round 

But they always left me wasted. 

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In a world that's all concrete and steel 

With nothin' green ever growin' 

Where the buildings hide the risin' sun 

And they blocked the free winds from blowin. 

Where you sleep all day and you wake all night 

To a world of drink and laughter 

I met that girl that I was sure would be 

The one that I was after. 

In a soft blue gown and formal tux 

Beneath that lofty steeple 

He said, "Do you Barbara, take this man, 

Will you be one of his people?" 

And she said, "I will." and she said, "I do." 

And the world looked mighty pretty 

And we lived in a fancy downtown flat 

'Cause she loved the noisy city. 

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But the days grew cold beneath a yellow sky 

And I longed for green things growin' 

And the thoughts of home and the people there 

But she'd not agreed to goin'. 

Then her hazel eyes turned away from me 

With a look that wasn't pretty 

And she turned into concrete and steel 

And she said, "I'll take the city." 

Now the cars go by on the interstate 

And my pack is on my shoulder 

But I'm goin' home, where I belong 

Much wiser now and older.