City ways are gonna get you baby The city haze is gonna smog you in City ways are gonna keep you baby Down in the hollow you're in Down in the hollow you're in Everybody it seems is a-hustlin' Just to get an extra dollar or two When you think that it's your turn to have it Someone gonna step on you Gonna step on you And it's a-hard A country life is all I've ever known And it's a-hard This city life is bringin' me down When you get to the end of your road now And you're 'bout to lose your life's tug-a-war Just hang on to that last little moment When you get it, bar the door, lock up the door And it's a-hard A country life is all I've ever known And it's a-hard This city life is bringin' me down Is bringin' me down Take me back to the sand hills baby Where the lonely coyote howl Get me out of this doggone city Take me back to where I belong Let me go back home Let me go back home I'm goin' home I'm goin' home