Mansion on the Hill (Live at Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ)

[Verse 1]

There's a place out on the edge of town, sir

Risin' above the factories and the fields

Ever since I was a child, I can remember

The mansion on the hill

[Verse 2]

In the day, you can see the children playing

On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel

Steel gates that completely surround, sir

The mansion on the hill

[Verse 3]

At night, my daddy'd take me and we'd ride

Through the streets of a town so silent and still

Park on a back road along the highway side

Sit and look up at a mansion on the hill

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 4]

In the summer, all the lights would shine

There'd be music playin', people laughin' all the time

Me and my sister, we'd hide out in the tall cornfields

Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill

[Verse 5]

Tonight, down here in the valley

I watch cars rushing by, home from the mill

There's a beautiful full moon rising

Above the mansion on the hill