The Ballad Of Barbara Lyrics

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The Ballad Of Barbara Lyrics by Johnny Cash

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In a southern town where I was born 
That's where I got my education 
I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods 
And I wondered at creation. 
I recall the sun in a sky of blue 
And the smell of green things growin' 
And the seasons chang'd and I lived each day 
Just the way the wind was blowin'. 
Then I heard of a cultured city life 
Breath takin' lofty steeples 
And the day I called myself a man 
I left my land and my people. 
And I rambled north and I rambled east 
And I tested and I tasted 
And a girl or two, took me round and round 
But they always left me wasted. 
In a world that's all concrete and steel 
With nothin' green ever growin'  
Where the buildings hide the risin' sun 
And they blocked the free winds from blowin. 
Where you sleep all day and you wake all night 
To a world of drink and laughter 
I met that girl that I was sure would be 
The one that I was after. 
In a soft blue gown and formal tux 
Beneath that lofty steeple 
He said, "Do you Barbara, take this man, 
Will you be one of his people?" 
And she said, "I will." and she said, "I do." 
And the world looked mighty pretty 
And we lived in a fancy downtown flat 
'Cause she loved the noisy city. 
But the days grew cold beneath a yellow sky 
And I longed for green things growin' 
And the thoughts of home and the people there 
But she'd not agreed to goin'. 
Then her hazel eyes turned away from me 
With a look that wasn't pretty 
And she turned into concrete and steel 
And she said, "I'll take the city." 
Now the cars go by on the interstate 
And my pack is on my shoulder 
But I'm goin' home, where I belong 
Much wiser now and older.

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