Got to lose these wingtip shoes and monkey suit I put on my faded jeans, get back to my roots This city life is next to killing me Neon lights, they burn me up, and I can hardly breathe I need to see a shady tree, feel the earth beneath my feet I got a— Hillbilly fever There's only one cure for my ills When I get these chills, I just head for the hills I got a hill-hillbilly fever I'll travel down that gravel road that leads me home Straight on back to the riverbank and rest my bones I'll lie beneath that willow tree and waste the day With a cane pole in that fishing hole that bears my name I'll put my mind on the end of a line and cast my cares away I've got a— Hillbilly fever There's only one cure for my ills When I get these chills, I just head for the hills I got a hill-hillbilly fever I got a hill-hillbilly fever There's only one cure for my ills When I get these chills, I just head for the hills I got a hill-hillbilly fever When I get these chills, I just head for the hills I got a hill-hillbilly fever