They Call It the Hill Country - Remastered Songtext
von Randy Rogers Band

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, man, they weathered the ages
Got wiped off the map at twelve dollars a load

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
Yeah, but what will they call it when it′s level and paved?

Uncivilized pagans drank untreated water
Right out of our river back in their day
Now those streams bubble clean treated sewage
While they sit in their hot tubs and they sip Perrier

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
Yeah, but what will they call it when it's level and paved?


So scrape off the hilltop, build look-alike houses
We′ll 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 things used to be

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
Yeah, but what will they call it when it′s level and paved?
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
Yeah, but what will they call it when it′s level and paved?
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
Yeah, but what will they call it when it′s level and paved?
Yeah, but what will they call it when it's level and paved?