(Tom T. Hall)      I remember it now, we were kids back then   Living down on the farm   We were told that the city   Could only bring us harm.      Well, how far away is the city   You know that's a great big town   And Barbara said, "Why, it's a million miles   And then the story got around."      It's a million miles to the city   From the hills and valleys we know   It's a million miles to the city   And some day we all wanna go.      There was a town nearby but a town is a town   And a city that's somethin' else   Our daddy had been to a city   But he never was much help.      The buildings're taller than oak trees   Ah, but we knew better than that   'Cause ain't nobody could climb that high   The city was wide and flat.      It's a million miles to the city   From the hills and valleys we know   It's a million miles to the city   And some day we all wanna go.      --- Instrumental ---      The years have passed and we have grown   And traveled far and wide   The cities have changed the kids we were   We see it in each other's eyes.      Lord, I'd love to go back to those hills again   To the boy I used to be   Where the leaves in the wind and the whippoorwills   Were all just a part of the land like me.      It's a million miles to the city   From the hills and valleys we know   It's a million miles to the city   And some day we all wanna go...