i d be better off red if all the things i ve learned would just fall out of my head cause a blade of bluegrass left a scar on my neck and it ain t quit hurting yet i d be better off red i want ten little acres instead of the world i d be a homemaker instead of the girl who had to make it out of her nowhere town just to make her momma proud see my daddy s not well read and he don t give a damn about these things in my head he s got a chevy a front porch and a tv set he ain t hurting yet i d be better off red i d want the bank of a river instead of the sea i d be a schoolteacher instead of the freak who had to run away from the only place where everybody knew my name cause the world ain t got no front porch swing the city ain t got no fresh green beans i ain t found one finer thing momma i d be better off red if all the things i ve learned would just fall out of my head cause a blade of bluegrass left a scar on my neck and it ain t quit hurting yet i d be better off red