Watch for the postman to bring you a letter and don't you let that make you sad   You may not understand now but you will later I never meant to treat you bad   I just need (greener grass to walk on) and some higher hills to climb   A place where I can dream my dream   For with some (greener grass to walk on) and some higher hills to climb   You'd be a fool to wait for me      The walls of my mem'ry are line with many paintings of all the places I have been   You'll have a place now among the dreams and faces that I may never see again   I just need (greener grass...   [ steel - strings ]   I warned you lovin' me is like walkin' down a country road   You can't tell what's around the bend   I'm like the water flowin' in an endless river I may never pass this way again   I just need (greener grass...   You'd be a fool to wait for me