Well the hills of cow gap stood rugged and awesome
But you have to have fill dirt when you?re building a road
And the hills of cow gap, they withered the ages
Got wiped off the map at twelve dollars a load
Well they call it the hill country, I call it beautiful
I?d call it progress, if it could be saved
They call it the hill country, I call it home
What will they call it, when it?s leveled and paved
Uncivilized pagans drank untreated water
Right out of our river way back in their day
Now those streams bubble with cleaned treated sewage
While they sit in their hot tubs and sip perrier
Repeat chorus
Strip off the hill top, build look-a-like houses
Move in some people and turn on the tv
After the ball game turn on some old movies
They?ll smile when they see how it used to be
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What will they call it when it?s leveled and paved