Higher Ground

Once I was the running kind, I would run these interstates
Now I’m running home if you’re waiting there
Once I was the loving kind, I thought your heart would be all mine
I learned in good time that it could never be

Like Damson trees and honeybees
You know we are a dying breed

I’m gonna live way up in the holler
I can’t stand the city no more
Working all my life trying to make a dollar
Wish things were how they were before
I’m gonna sweep you off your feet
I’m gonna take you to higher ground
We can dance the night away
We ain’t gotta fool around

These lowdown days, these long highways, keep me alone
Wish I was high and somewhat dry in my underground home
These Nashville cats in Ariat hats leave a sour taste in my mouth
Like my daddy said you better keep your head and know when to shut that mouth

Like Damson trees, lost Southern melodies
You know we are a dying breed

I’m gonna live way up in the holler
I can’t stand the city no more
Working all my life trying to make a dollar
Wish things were how they were before
I’m gonna sweep you off your feet
I’m gonna take you to higher ground
We can dance the night away
We ain’t gotta fool around
Like Damson trees and honeybees
We are a dying breed

I’m gonna live way up in the holler
I can’t stand the city no more
Working all my life trying to make a dollar
Wish things were how they were before
I’m gonna sweep you off your feet
I’m gonna take you to higher ground
We can dance the night away
We ain’t gotta fool around
No, no