Getting work ain't easy in the hills of Tennessee   But things are bad all over, my friends keep telling me   Even though I grew up there and never thought I'd leave   Had too many bills to pay, seven mouths to feed   Movin' to the city was all that I could do      Got them hillbilly blues      People here won't say good morning, they won't even take the time   I guess I know just how it feels to have something on your mind   So all I want is to go back home and fish in a mountain stream   This ol' life I'm living, Lord, You know it ain't for me   They say the sun it shines out here but all I see is rain      Got them hillbilly blues   Got them hillbilly blues      All I want is to go back home and fish in a mountain stream   This ol' life I'm living, Lord, You know it ain't for me   They say the sun it shines out here, but all I see is rain      Got them hillbilly blues   Hillbilly blues   Hillbilly blues