Song Lyrics

Well, I was born on the side of a road
A gap in the hedge, did you hear what I said?
Born in a house with no slates,
But I wouldn't switch, I didn't have a stitch.
Always been out on a limb,
I've been hard to mend like a kick in the shins
You only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Born on the green light, a mission to move,
Something to groove, an itch in my shoes,
I heard the wail of the train
From a burning stack and I jumped on the back
We'll the engineer threw the switch
And got to my brain, I've never been the same
You'll only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Gotta make tracks, gotta loose some rust,
Grease my heels, I'll race to bust,
Don't blink your eye or you won't see me again

Well I was born on the spoke of a wheel,
Not part of a set and I'm runnin' yet
I ran before I could walk,
The price of the fare was hardly ever there
I saw an eighteen-wheeler move
And I couldn't choose, I just had to cruise,
You'll only see me smile when I eat up a country mile

Well I was born on the wrong side of the road,
A gap in the hedge, did you hear what I said?
Born in a house with no slates
But I wouldn't switch, I didn't have a stitch.
I've always been out on a limb,
I've been hard to mend like a kick in the shins

Gotta make tracks, gotta raise the dust,
Grease my heels, I'll race to bust,
Don't blink an eye or you won't see me again

Rory Gallagher

The duration of Country Mile [Live] is 3:17 minutes and seconds.