Well I'm a country boy
I'm outta place
Turned city bum
A good day to me is gettin' by

I walk a city mile
Without ever seein' the sun
There's no need to reach for stars
When you can't see the sky

Well it's a God forsaken city I'm so called livin' in
We're tryin' to keep from dyin' in it seems
Hope I never have learn to breathe this dirt, death, and sin
Here and now it's just my prison but someday is my dream

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Someday I'll go back to Kentucky
And breathe that cool Green River air
I hope and pray that I get lucky
And go back to God's country
That's my only prayer

I try to find a friendly face to help me pass some time
But I think I left them all my hometown
And I'd lay down in some green grass and ease my clouded mind
But these crowded streets go on and on, and I can't find the ground
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Someday I'll go back to Kentucky
And breathe that cool Green River air
I hope and pray that I get lucky
And go back to God's country
That's my only prayer

The wind blows off the freight yard, sings a lonesome chord
Hauntin' me like a cheap souvenir
There's a man down by the mission says "Do you wanna know the Lord?"
"Yes, I wanna know him, but I don't believe he's here."

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Someday I'll go back to Kentucky
And breathe that cool Green River air
I hope and pray that I get lucky
And go back to God's country
That's my only prayer

That's my only prayer