🎵 “Trade It All in a Heartbeat”
By [RLRamage]
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[Intro]
I thought I’d gained the world when I moved downtown,
Man, was I wrong—it didn’t take long to figure that out.
Traded pastures for pavement, stars for streetlights,
And I’ve been missin’ that country peace every night.
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[Verse 1]
I miss fresh air in my lungs at dawn,
Not exhaust and smog from dusk to morn.
Where silence spoke and the breeze was kind,
Not sirens screaming down dotted lines.
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[Verse 2]
I used to cast a line at the ol’ pond’s bend,
Now I dodge crowds that never end.
That fish fry we’d catch and clean by hand—
Now it’s frozen junk from a plastic brand.
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[Chorus]
I’d trade it all in a heartbeat,
The skyline, the stop signs, the fast food meat.
Give me fresh eggs and a muddy creek,
A hound dog howlin’ and a porch board squeak.
No more honkin’ horns and downtown heat—
I’d trade it all in a heartbeat.
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[Verse 3]
In the country, food grew from the ground,
Now it’s chemicals wrapped and shipped around.
I miss tomatoes straight off the vine,
Not ones that last weeks but ain’t got no shine.
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[Verse 4]
I used to hear the crickets singin’ sweet,
Now it’s traffic hum and shufflin’ feet.
I’d wake to birds and a rooster’s crow,
Now I work with lost souls just followin’ the flow.
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[Bridge]
Let me roll ‘round in a field of hay,
Not scroll my life on a phone all day.
Out in the country, His presence is near,
In the quiet of nature, His voice is clear.
The church is the sky, the altar’s the sod—
And every sunrise, I feel closer to God.
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[Outro]
I’ll hitch a ride back to where I belong,
Where time runs slow and nights are long.
I ain’t meant for towers and busy streets—
I’d trade it all in a heartbeat.
Robert Ramage 
