This song is semi-biographical. It brings us back to the old days of living in the country and wanting so much as a kid to be part of the excitement that the city has to offer. Then growing up and realizing that what you grew up with was the best.
lyrics
Hey you remember when
things were much simpler then.
Living off the crops in October.
Turning a new leaf over.
Hay, oats, chickens, horses.
I always got bucked off of course.
What doesn't kill you only makes you regret
that you never wore a helmet.
I remember friday nights;
Goodnight Irene by the firelight
Pauline on Piano, my Daddy playin on his banjo
These are such fogey tunes
so I was stuck up in my room
dreamin of a better life but why.
Guess I'm a country boy with the city on my mind
Friends never came around.
They had a lot more fun in town.
I was stuck entertaining myself
Wishin I was somebody else.
If I was a townie like the rest
Wouldn't that just be the best.
Not stuck in the country bitchin'
that we only got peasant vision.
We got a fuzzy CBC a little CTV and some french TV
Mama told me to read more books
Stop playin Nintendo, but I was hooked.
If I was in town we'd be ridin bikes
to the corner store in the dark of night.
Buyin all the candy we could find.
Guess I'm a country boy with the city on my mind.
Runnin through an open field
Never seemed like such a big deal.
The city lights were the measure of my dreams.
Always wanted to be city bread, guess I'm a country bum instead
It's funny how things turn out so it seems.
Lookin back at all I got,
Man I was one lucky snot.
Now I live in a closet.
Payin bills feelin nauseous.
City lights burnin red,
the sirens ringin in my head.
Wishin I was back there all the time
Guess I'm a city boy with the country on my mind
Guess I'm a city boy with the country on my mind
I just wanna see that country one more time.
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