By the house his daddy built
He remembers clearly still
Sleeping in the cornfields
Now the house belongs to him
And his third grade sweetheart
With the eyes
And their eight kids
Neighbors use to stop and chat awhile
And they use to smile
"Boy the world's a changin place but
Here my work's the same
Hauling bales of hay
Hardly getting paid"
But he'd always say
"No matter where I go
I'll love my Idaho
I'm a simple man
With a simple last wish
No matter where I go
I'll die in Idaho"
Oooooh
I remember clearly still
By the house grandaddy built
Helping in those cornfields
Before the sun had gotten up
I'd be waiting faithful
There by papa's truck
And I can still smell those lush hills
He let me drive the tractor on his lap
"Would you look at that!"
And through the years he never changed
Just working everyday
Hauling bales of hay
Hardly getting paid
But he'd always say
"No matter where I go
I'll love my Idaho
I'm a simple man
With a simple last wish
No matter where I go
I'll die in Idaho"
Oooooh
I don't know how to live in this world
I don't know how to live in this world
I don't know how to live in this world
World without you
No matter where he'd go
He loved his Idaho
Was a simple man
With a simple last wish
"No matter where I go
I'll die in Idaho"
Ooooh
"No matter where I go
I'll love my Idaho
I'm a simple man
With a simple last wish
No matter where I go
I'll die in Idaho"
Oooooh