They Call It The Hill Country Lyrics - Randy Rogers Band

The hills of cow gap stood rugged and awesome 

But you have to have fill dirt when you're building a road 

And the hills of cow gap, they weathered the ages 

Got wiped off the map for 12 dollars a load 

Chorus: They call it the hill country, I call it beautiful 

I'd call it progress if it could be saved 

They call it the hill country I call it home 

But what will they call it 

When it's levelled and paved? 

Uncivilized pagans drank untreated water 

Right out of our rivers back in their day 

Now those streams bubble with clean treated sewage 

While they sit in their hotubs and they sip perrier. 

Chorus 

Scrape off the hilltops build look alike houses 

Move in some people and turn on the TV 

After the ball game turn on some old movies 

They'll smile when they see how things use to be. 

Chorus 

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