wish that i was on old rockytop down in the tennessee hills ain t no smoggy smoke on rockytop ain t no telephone bills once i had a girl on rockytop half bear the other half cat wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop i still dream about that rockytop you ll always be home sweet home to me good old rockytop rockytop tennessee rockytop tennessee once two strangers climbed old rockytop lookin for a moonshine still strangers ain t come down from rockytop reckon they never will corn won t grow at all on rockytop dirt s too rocky by far that s why all the folks on rockytop get their corn from a jar i ve had years of cooped up city life trapped like a dog in a pen all i know is it s a pity life can t be simple again 