Louisiana Country Mile

(Mark Alan Springer/Jerry Laseter)
 Your teacher might've told you it was five thousand something feet
 That ain't to 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 reallly 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
 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
 Don't talk till you've walked that Louisiana country mile