When I look back, boy, I must have been green    Boppin' in the country, fishin' in a stream    Lookin' for an answer, tryin' to find a sign    Until I saw your city lights, honey, I was blind       They said, get back Honky Cat    Better get back to the woods    Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways    And, oh, the change is gonna do me good       You better get back Honky Cat    Livin' in the city ain't where it's at    It's like tryin' to find gold in a silver mine    It's like tryin' to drink whisky from a bottle of wine       Well, I read some books and I read some magazines    About those high class ladies down in New Orleans    And all the folks back home, well, they said I was a fool    They said, oh, believe in the Lord is the golden rule       They said, get back Honky Cat    Better get back to the woods    Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways    And, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, the change is gonna do me good       (Repeat)       They said stay at home, boy, you gotta tend the farm    Livin' in the city, boy, is gonna break your heart    But how can you stay when your heart says no    How, how can you stop when your feet say go       You better get back Honky Cat    Better get back to the woods    Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways    And, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, the change is gonna do me good       You better get back Honky Cat    Livin' in the city ain't where it's at    It's like tryin' to find gold in a silver mine    It's like tryin' to drink whisky, oh, from a bottle of wine       Get back Honky Cat, get back Honky Cat, get back, whoa    Get back Honky Cat, get back Honky Cat, get back, whoa       Get back Honky Cat, get back, get back Honky Cat, whoa    Oh yeah