For thirty some odd years he faced
a grinder in the city
Hustlin' day in day out just
tryin' to survive
He bought his wife the finer things and sent
his kids to collage
That always took what little
bit he tried to put aside
But through it all he had one thing
that seemed to keep him going
A dream that someday he could
leave this city life behind
I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but
his dream never faded
He told me all about it, at least a
thousand times
He always wanted,
a place out in the country
Where the birds sing,
in the morning and the grass is emerald green
A place where,
he could feel the mornin' sunshine
And sit out in the evenin',
where the air is fresh and clean
It took lots of overtime to keep his wife
up with the Jonses
And more to get his son out of his
run- ins with the law
The more it took the more he
gave, never once complaining
I don't know how he ever
stood the pressure of it all
I never thought he'd make
it, but he finally left the city
And now he's got that special little
place to call his own
Today I took a ride out in
the country just to see him
It wasn't hard to find because his name was on
the stone
He always wanted,
a place out in the country
Where the birds sing, in the morning and
the grass is emerald green
A place where,
he could feel the mornin' sunshine
And sit out in the evenin',
where the air is fresh and clean
He always wanted,
a place out in the country
Oh where the birds sing,
in the morning and
the grass
is emerald green