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