When I look back boy I must have been green 
Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream 
Looking for an answer trying to find a sign 
Until I saw your city lights honey I was blind 
 
They said get back honky cat 
Better get back to the woods 
Well I quit those days and my redneck ways 
And oh the change is gonna do me good 
 
You better get back honky cat 
Living in the city ain't where it's at 
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine 
It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine 
 
Well I read some books and I read some magazines 
About those high class ladies down in New Orleans 
And all the folks back home well, said I was a fool 
They said oh, believe in the Lord is the golden rule 
 
They said stay at home boy, you gotta tend the farm 
Living in the city boy, is going to break your heart 
But how can you stay, when your heart says no 
How can you stop when your feet say go