(mark alan springer/jerry laseter)

Your teacher mightve told you it was five thousand something feet
That aint 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 aint nothing any longer than a louisiana country mile

Amos walker said hed 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
Id swim that old swamp if I had to to see her
Those days are gone and shes a memory,
But when that road looks long it hits me
Theres a treasure at the end of most of lifes troubles and trials
And there aint nothing longer than a louisiana country mile

Ive come a long way from that little house back in the woods
And I know I dont 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
Id swim that old swamp if I had to to see her
Those days are gone and shes a memory,
But when that road looks long it hits me
Theres a treasure at the end of most of lifes troubles and trials
And there aint nothing longer than a louisiana country mile
Dont talk till youve walked that louisiana country mile