They Call It the Hill Country - Randy Rogers Band

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 12 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

But what will they call it when it’s leveled and paved?

Uncivilized pagans drank untreated water

Right out of our river back in their day

Now those streams bubble with 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

But what will they call it when it’s leveled and paved?

Scrape off the hilltop, build look-alike 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 things use 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

But what will they call it when it’s leveled 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

But what will they call it when it’s leveled and paved?