through the long grass past the tall trees lies a cabin nestling in the mine
and my sweetheart is catching small fish with the cane and a bent hook on the line
so if you're passing close by
please come and join us join our company
there's my daddy on the front porch with the lazy hound lying by his feet
and my mama's in the kitchen with the table already set to eat
so if you're passing close by
please come and join us join our company
oh, oh, oh, oh, I just wanna be there
underneath the sun and the deep, deep blue skies
oh, oh, oh, oh, I just wanna be there
even when it rains and snows
then it pours its a paradise
wasn't ordered, comes a quarter
had the same girl everyday
he said, did you pick thaticio?

He's got a stammer, like a hammer, you can't understand a word that he says.
So if you're passing close by, please come and join us, join our company.
Oh, oh, oh, I just want to be there.
There, underneath the sun and the deep, deep blue skies.
Oh, oh, oh, I just want to be there.
Even when it rains and it pours, it's a paradise.
Oh, oh, oh, I just want to be there.
There, underneath the sun and the deep, deep blue skies.
Oh, oh, oh, I just want to be there.
Underneath the sun and the deep, deep blue skies.