[Verse 1] He bought a stretch of pasture where the highway bends, Said he'd found a place to settle with his friends. But he stood out on the porch before the paint was dry, Looking past the fence at what he couldn't buy. [Chorus] One more county over, One more stretch of sky. Nothing ever fills him; He could drink the river dry. [Verse 2] He dammed the creek to fill a lake beside his lawn. By July, the lower fields were turning brown. A farmer came to ask him where the stream had gone; He was pricing up the next place farther down. [Chorus] One more county over, One more stretch of sky. Nothing ever fills him; He could drink the river dry. [Bridge] That porch was built for company. Those chairs were built for two. He bought the whole horizon And never liked the view. [Final Chorus] One more county over, One more stretch of sky. Nothing ever fills him; He could drink the river dry. [Outro] Nothing ever fills him. (He could drink the river dry.) © 2026 The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
