eight more miles to louisville

Brothers Osborne

I ve traveled o er this country wide a seeking fortune fair
I ve been down the two coast lines I ve traveled everywhere
From Portland East and Portland West and back along the line
I m goin now to a place that s best that old home town of mine

Oh eight more miles and Louisville will come in to my view
Eight more miles on this old road and I ll never more be blue
I knew some day that I d come back I knew it from the start
Eight more miles to Louisville the hometown of my heart
[ banjo ]
There s sure to be a girl somewhere that you like best of all
Mine lives down in Louisville she s long and she is tall
She s the kind that you can t find a rambling through the land
I m on my way this very day to win her heart and hand

Oh eight more miles and Louisville...
[ mandolin ]
Now I can picture in my mind a place we ll call our home
A humble little hut for two we ll never want to roam
The place that s right for that love site is in those bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville

Oh eight more miles and Louisville...