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
