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 weathered the ages Got wiped off the map for twelve dollars a load CHORUS: 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 its leveled and paved Uncivilized pagans drank untreated water Right out of our rivers back in their day Now those streams bubble with clean treated sewage While they sit in their hot tubs And drink Perrier CHORUS So scrape off the hilltop, build look alike houses Move in some people and turn on the TV After the ball game we'll turn on some old movies They'll smile when they see how things used to be CHORUS CHORUS CHORUS