Saunders Mill Lyrics

I was born in the valley up at Lincoln Fields

Got a job after school at the Saunders Mill

Met a girl, we were young, we fell in love

I was thrilled when she said she'd marry me

Got my old truck fixed in a firelight

Got my fishing gear and my rifle in back

I know Parsons Creek, not far from here

Where the Walleye never seemed to disappear

We would stay up and we'd talk all night

How we'd see the big city and the big bright lights

Somehow it never occurred to me

We were both living in a fantasy

We're raising kids, a girl and a boy

They're just like her, my pride and joy

Gonna take a chance in Nashville really soon

Gonna play a pocket full of country tunes

We would stay up and we'd talk all night

How we'd see the big city and the big bright lights

Somehow it never occurred to me

We were both living in a fantasy

Somehow I could never be enough

Somehow I felt I could never keep her touch

Working every day and we'd just get by

I'm afraid that far away look is in her eyes

I'm writing this from memory in my hotel room

Haven't heard from her in a week or two

I think she's finally giving up on me

I really can't blame her honestly

We would stay up and we'd talk all night

How we'd see the big city and the big bright lights

Somehow it never occurred to me

We were both living in a fantasy

Just then I hear a knock on the door

A silent pause, I don't hear more

She and the kids have decided that they

Would drive to Nashville and make my day

Someday my name will be in lights

Someday my heart will flutter with delight

But today is the best day of my life

Even if I stay at Saunders Mill

We would stay up and we'd talk all night

How we'd see the big city and the big bright lights

Somehow it never occurred to me

We were both living in a fantasy

We would stay up and we'd talk all night

How we'd see the big city and the big bright lights

Somehow it never occurred to me

We were both living in a fantasy