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Sometimes the Grass is Really Greener

from Gone Away Backward by Robbie Fulks

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In a dusty shack high in the Blue Ridge Mountains It was tough work, brown dirt, and bluegrass songs Sweet hickory filled the air, Daddy’s love was hard but fair If I knew how rich I was I’d not have gone

But the city called my name and I came runnin’ With my young man’s hopes and my daddy’s old guitar I played the dives and paid some dues, singing every song I knew
And them homesick ones I sang the best by far

Now I’ve seen the sun go down on the streets of New York town And I’ve watched it from the hills of old Virginia Beauty’s what the eye beholds, one man’s dirt’s another’s gold Oh but sometimes, the grass is really greener.

Well the record company man confessed he liked me But he’d have to shave a few rough edges down Cut my hair like Brooks and Dunn’s, trade the banjo for some drums Cause no one would buy that old high lonesome sound

Now I don’t know just what this deal has got me I’ve gained not a fan and I lost the ones I had I’ve worn my heart right through my sleeve singing a song I don’t believe I believe I’ll go back home to Mom and Dad.

In a dusty shack high in the Blue Ridge Mountains And when I die it’s on this farm they’ll lay me down And the hills will hear my song, cause it’s there that I belong Man, you just can’t shake old roots from Southern ground.

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from Gone Away Backward, released August 27, 2013

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Robbie Fulks Chicago, Illinois

Robbie Fulks is a recording artist, instrumentalist, & songwriter living in Chicago. His most recent release, Upland Stories, earned wide-spread recognition & 2 Grammy® nominations. His early work helped define the 90s "alt-country" movement while his newer work extends that tradition with old-time rambles, reflections on love, & the troubles the people. ... more

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