Happy in the Valley

Verse

Sun came up over Chickasaw Ridge

I got cornbread rising and a screen door hinge

Sweat on the jar and the dogs are asleep

Aunt Ruthie humming something low and deep

Pre-Chorus

Mud on my boots and it don't bother me

Mud on my boots and I'm exactly where I need to be

Chorus

I'm happy in the valley

Happy in the valley

Where the river don't hurry and the cottonwoods sway

I'm happy in the valley

Happy in the valley

Tell the whole wide world I'm gonna stay

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh stay

Oh-oh stay

Verse 2

Back porch strung with a fiddle and a friend

We pass the jug and we pass it again

Mama's ghost is laughing somewhere in the pines

Says girl you finally learned to take your time

Pre-Chorus

Dust on my dress and it don't bother me

Dust on my dress and I'm exactly where I need to be

Chorus

I'm happy in the valley

Happy in the valley

Where the river don't hurry and the cottonwoods sway

I'm happy in the valley

Happy in the valley

Tell the whole wide world I'm gonna stay

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh stay

Oh-oh stay

Bridge

Every mile I ever ran

Every town I ever left

Took a train to Memphis just to find my breath

Now the cicadas sing me home again

Chorus

I'm happy in the valley

Happy in the valley

Where the river don't hurry and the cottonwoods sway

I'm happy in the valley

Happy in the valley

Tell the whole wide world I'm gonna stay

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh stay

Oh-oh stay

Oh-oh stay

Gonna stay