Don't stop even for the right thing

Does it matter what I say

My whole world was by that river

Flowing off to meet the sea each day

I don't want to move away

You look at me and you say

What's wrong boy

What else do you want me to say

I don't want to leave tomorrow

Been and gone but I belong here now

Your big world can wait another day

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days

I am hopeful for where I'm going

But I belong in The South

That was where I was born a poor boy

Living life like there's no end in sight

Even so I've done without

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days

I feel alone I feel I'm moving there

To a land you never saw and

I see you're about to hit the bottom

Lord help me move away to a land

You never saw

And I've seen

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days where did they go

Brighter days