Well I forded the river 

I paid all my bills 

Gave a gift to the giver 

Now I'm headed for the hills 



I paid back my borrows 

Likewise all my dues 

I'll be gone tomorrow 

Nothing here I can use 



Headed for the hills 

Headed for the hills 

I can't hear 'em calling 

Headed for the hills 



Once I had a a woman 

Deaf and mute and blind 

Only one could hear me 

When I tried to speak my mind 



Once I had a fiddle 

Once I had a bow 

There's nothing on the griddle 

But I paid back all I owed 



Headed for the hills 

Headed for the hills 

I can't hear 'em calling 

Headed for the hills 



Can't roll off to glory 

Much less Arkansas 

Or freedom teritory 

Till you satisfy the law 



No love, lock and chain 

Provides me the key 

No blood-soaked law of Cain 

Can set my spirit free 



Headed for the hills 

Headed for the hills 

I can't hear 'em calling 

Headed for the hills 



Last thing I got to do 

One thing before I go 

To say my love for you 

Was all the love I know 



If you don't forget me 

I'll do the same for you 

Forever in your memory 

To pay back all that's due 



Headed for the hills 

Headed for the hills 

I can't hear 'em calling 

Headed for the hills 



Headed for the hills 

Headed for the hills 

I can't hear 'em calling 

Headed for the hills 



I can't hear 'em calling 

Headed for the hills