A song about a poor country boy who has been forced to relocate to a city. He hates city life and misses his rural Kentucky hometown. His presence in the city prevents him from communing with nature to the point that he feels like he might die if he stays there. The only thing he prays for is the...
Well I'm a country boy
I'm outta place
Turned city bum
A good day to me is gettin' by
I walk a city mile
Without ever seein' the sun
There's no need to reach for stars
When you can't see the sky
Well it's a God forsaken city I'm so called livin' in
We're tryin' to keep from dyin' in it seems
Hope I never have learn to breathe this dirt, death, and sin
Here and now it's just my prison but someday is my dream
[Chorus]
Someday I'll go back to Kentucky
And breathe that cool Green River air
I hope and pray that I get lucky
And go back to God's country
That's my only prayer
I try to find a friendly face to help me pass some time
But I think I left them all my hometown
And I'd lay down in some green grass and ease my clouded mind
But these crowded streets go on and on, and I can't find the ground
[Chorus]
Someday I'll go back to Kentucky
And breathe that cool Green River air
I hope and pray that I get lucky
And go back to God's country
That's my only prayer
The wind blows off the freight yard, sings a lonesome chord
Hauntin' me like a cheap souvenir
There's a man down by the mission says "Do you wanna know the Lord?"
"Yes, I wanna know him, but I don't believe he's here."
[Chorus]
Someday I'll go back to Kentucky
And breathe that cool Green River air
I hope and pray that I get lucky
And go back to God's country
That's my only prayer
That's my only prayer
Chris Knight released My Only Prayer on Mon Jan 01 2007.