ELTON JOHN - Honky Cat lyrics

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Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Available on the album honky château<br><br>When I look back boy I must have been green<br>Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream<br>Looking for an answer trying to find a sign<br>Until I saw your city lights honey I was blind<br><br>They said get back honky cat<br>Better get back to the woods<br>Well I quit those days and my redneck ways<br>And oh the change is gonna do me good<br><br>You better get back honky cat<br>Living in the city ain't where it's at<br>It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine<br>It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine<br><br>Well I read some books and I read some magazines<br>About those high class ladies down in new orleans<br>And all the folks back home well, said I was a fool<br>They said oh, believe in the lord is the golden rule<br><br>They said stay at home boy, you gotta tend the farm<br>Living in the city boy, is going to break your heart<br>But how can you stay, when your heart says no<br>How can you stop when your feet say go