PRETTY GREEN HILLS (Dave Evans)
By: Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: HE STOOD AT THE CROSSROADS WHERE HIS BUS HAD LEFT HIM
A BATTERED OLD SUITCASE SAT THERE BY HIS SIDE
I SAW IN THE DISTANCE A RAINSTORM WAS BREWING
I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO GIVE HIM A RIDE

VERSE 2: I GOT OUT TO HELP HIM CLIMB INTO MY PICKUP
I COVERED HIS SUITCASE WITH A TARP IN THE BACK
HE HUFFED AND HE PUFFED AS HE GOT HIMSELF SETTLED
HE SAID I GOT OLD AND I'M DOWN IN MY BACK

VERSE 3: HIS BEARD WAS ALL WHITE AND HIS FACE WAS ALL WRINKLED
HE SAID I WAS BORN HERE AND THEN HE GREW STILL
I ASKED HIM HOW FAR HE WAS PLANNING ON GOING
HE SAID TAKE ME INTO THEM PRETTY GREEN HILLS

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HE SAID TAKE ME INTO THEM PRETTY GREEN HILLS

VERSE 4: HE SMILED AS HE SAT THERE AND STARED OUT THE WINDOW
THE CORN WAS KNEE HIGH AND THE FIELDS WERE ALL GREEN
HE NEVER SAID MUCH BUT HIS FACE TOLD A STORY
I LEFT HIM ALONE WITH HIS OWN PRIVATE DREAMS

VERSE 5: I KEPT ON DRIVING AND HE KEPT ON SMILING
WE DROVE UP AND UP THROUGH THE HILLS OF HIS YOUTH
I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD SOME KINFOLKS AROUND THERE
HE SAID I DON'T THINK SO TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH

VERSE 6: ALONG ABOUT DARK I WAS NEEDING A REST STOP
I STOPPED AT A STORE GETTING READY TO CLOSE
I STARTED TO ASK HIM IF HE NEEDED SOMETHING
BUT HE WAS ASLEEP SO I JUST LET HIM DOSE

VERSE 7: I FILLED UP MY TRUCK AND I FOUND I WAS HUNGRY
I BOUGHT SOME BOLOGNA AND COLD DRINKS AND BREAD
WENT BACK TO MY TRUCK AND I SHOOK THE OLD STRANGER
BUT I SOON DISCOVERED THE OLD MAN WAS DEAD

VERSE 8: I CALLED THE SHERRIFF AND THEY TOOK HIM SOMEWHERE
I HAD TO KEEP ROLLING WE ALL HAVE OUR BILLS
A COUPLE WEEKS LATER AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME
THEY BURIED HIM THERE IN THEM PRETTY GREEN HILLS

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THEY BURIED HIM THERE IN THEM PRETTY GREEN HILLS