Green Green
(Barry McGuire and Randy Sparks – 1963)

* * * Green, green, it’s green they say 
* * * On the far side of the hill 
* * * Green, green, I’m goin’ away 
* * * To where the grass is greener still 

Well, I told my mama on the day I was born 
”Dontcha cry when you see I’m gone” 
”Ya know there ain’t no woman gonna settle me down” 
”I just gotta be travelin’ on” 
a-Singin’

* * *

Nah, there ain’t nobody in this whole wide world 
Gonna tell me to spend my time 
I’m just a good-lovin’ ramblin’ man 
Say, buddy, can ya spare me a dime? 
Hear me cryin’, it’s a

* * *

Yeah, I don’t care when the sun goes down 
Where I lay my weary head 
Green, green valley or rocky road 
It’s there I’m gonna make my bed 
Easy, now

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