ONCE UPON A ROAD (Nothin Fancy)
By: Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)

ONCE UPON A ROAD
WHEN I WAS INNOCENT AND FREE
AND THE BACKROADS OF AMERICA
WERE LIKE TOYLAND TO ME
IT SURELY WAS THE PROMISED LAND
AND WE HAD OURSELVES TO PLEASE
OH HOW THE MILK AND HONEY FLOWED
ONCE UPON A ROAD

ONCE UPON A ROAD
WE COULD LIVE OFF OF THE LAND
WATERMELONS ON THE VINE
CHICKEN COOKIN' IN A PAN
WATER CLEAN AND WATER FREE
YOU COULD SLEEP BENEATH A TREE
LOVE AND FREEDOM WAS OUR CODE
THAT WAS ONCE UPON A ROAD

ONCE UPON A ROAD
REALLY WAS A CRAZY TIME
WE BELIEVED WE COULD MOVE MOUNTAINS
SO WE MOVED THEM IN OUR MINDS
BLOOD AND SWEAT AND BITTER TEARS
TOOK THE DAYS AND TOOK THE YEARS
WE HAVE LITTLE LEFT TO SHOW
FOR BEING ONCE UPON A ROAD

ONCE UPON A ROAD
WE WERE YOUNG AND WE WERE FAIR
CHANGED THE FACE OF ALL AMERICA
BUT NEVER IN THE BARBER CHAIR
WE WERE FIGHTING FOR A DREAM
FOUGHT A MIGHTY BIG MACHINE
THERE AIN'T NOTHING THAT WE KNOW
FOR BEING ONCE UPON A ROAD

WE HAVE LITTLE LEFT TO SHOW
FOR BEING ONCE UPON A ROAD