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 changed and I lived each day   Just the way the wind was blowin'      Then I heard of a cultured city life   Breathtakin' 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      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      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