WE BUILT OUR HOUSE OF LOGS IN THE WOODS BUILT IT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE COULD WHEN IT WAS DONE WE SAID IT WAS GOOD WE WANTED TO LIVE THE SIMPLE LIFE I GATHER WOOD RIGHT OFF OUR LAND SPLIT IT FOR FIRE WITH MY OWN HANDS HAUL MY WATER FROM THE SPRING WHEN I CAN ALL SO WE CAN LIVE THE SIMPLE LIFE I JUST COULDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY WAY TOO MANY ROADS AND NOT ENOUGH TREES I CAN ONLY TAKE IT FOR A DAY OR TWO THEN IT'S BACK TO THE SIMPLE LIFE I WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE EDGE OF TOWN ONE FOOT ON PAVEMENT ONE ON GROUND CROWDED DAYS AT SCHOOL SPUN MY HEAD AROUND SO I'D HURRY BACK TO MY SIMPLE LIFE I CAN'T SEEM TO GIVE UP ONE OR THE OTHER THE CITY'S MY WORK THE COUNTRY'S MY LOVER SO I'LL BE BETWEEN THE TWO FOREVER AS LONG AS I CAN LIVE MY SIMPLE LIFE I JUST COULDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE AND NOT ENOUGH SOLITUDE I CAN ONLY TAKE IT FOR A DAY OR TWO THEN IT'S BACK TO MY SIMPLE LIFE Solo I JUST COULDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY WAY TOO MANY BUILDINGS AND NOT ENOUGH AIR TO BR. I CAN ONLY TAKE IT FOR A DAY OR TWO THEN IT'S BACK TO THE SIMPLE LIFE SO NOW I FIND MY MUSIC IN THE WOODS IN BETWEEN CHORES OF WATER AND WOOD THEN I PACK UP MY SONGS OF STRINGS ON WOOD TO BRING YOU A TASTE OF A SIMPLE LIFE YOU KNOW IT'S ALL INSIDE OUR HEADS NO MATTER WHAT WE DO OR WHERE WE MAKE OUR BED AS LONG AS WE ARE LOVING AND WE'RE FED ANYONE CAN LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE EVERYONE CAN LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE I JUST WANT TO LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE