Louisiana Country Mile Lyrics - Singles - David Kersh

Your teacher might've told you 

It was five thousand something feet 

That ain't too far in a car or on a city street 

Let me tell you son, back where I come from 

You learn as a little child 

There ain't nothing any longer than a Louisiana country mile 

Amos Walker said, he'd shoot me next time 

He caught me crossing his fence 

But I was too much in love to really think about it back then 

Walking that tree cross Thibidioux Creek 

I can still see them gators smile 

But she was worth every step of that Louisiana country mile 

That path got shorter as I fell deeper 

I'd swim that old swamp if I had to to see her 

Those days are gone and she's a memory 

But when that road looks long it hits me 

There's a treasure at the end of most of life's troubles and trials 

And there ain't nothing longer than a Louisiana country mile 

I've come a long way from that little house back in the woods 

And I know, I don't get back there as much as I should 

But every now and then when the walls close in, I can still smile 

I close my eyes and let my mind walk that Louisiana country mile