I'm Gonna Be a Cntry Girl - Buffy Sainte-Marie

The rain’s falling lightly

On the buildings and the cars

I’ve said goodbye to city friends

Department stores and bars

The lights of town are at my back

My heart is full of stars

And I’m gonna be a country girl again

Oh, yes, I’m gonna be A country girl again

With an old brown dog

And a big front porch

And rabbits in the pen

I tell you, all the lights on Broadway

Don’t amount to an acre of green

And I’m gonna be a country girl again

I spent some time in study, oh

I’ve taken my degrees

And memorized my formulae

My A’s and B’s and C’s

But what I know came long ago

And not from such as these

And I’m gonna be a country girl again

I’ve wandered in the hearts of men

Looking for the sign

That here I might learn happiness

I might learn peace of mind

The one who taught my lesson

Was the soft winds through the pines

And I’m gonna be a country girl again