[00:06.99]Dolly Parton [00:07.62]I was lookin' for greener pastures [00:14.49]When I left my old [00:17.70]Kentucky home [00:21.42]I was chasin' after dreams [00:24.90]I thought [00:25.50]I'd master [00:28.26]So I left the one that loved me all along [00:35.46]Thinkin' only of myself and doin' better [00:42.48]Didn't care about the grief [00:45.72]I left behind [00:49.41]Didn't even make a card or write a letter [00:56.25]So sure I'd be successful in no time [01:03.51]Now I'm heading for bluer pastures [01:10.77]And back to the one who's heart [01:15.03]I brokeTo the bluegrass state of [01:21.84]KentuckyWhere he waits with open for me [01:29.10]I hopeAin't it funny how you are when you're younger [02:08.40]How what you have is never good enough [02:15.72]How the years will find you searchin' through your plunder [02:23.28]Lookin' for the treasures you gave up [02:29.76]Well the seasons came they went [02:33.27]The dreams all shattered [02:37.11]While the grass just stayed a lonely shade of brown [02:44.37]Then I realized [02:46.68]I'd lost all that had mattered [02:51.33]So with foolish pride aside [02:54.84]I'm homeward bound [02:58.77]Now I'm heading for bluer pastures [03:06.30]And back to the one who's heart [03:13.14]I brokeTo the bluegrass state of ole [03:17.28]KentuckyWhere he waits with open for me [03:24.33]I hopeNow [03:27.63]I'm heading for bluer pastures [03:34.56]Where the bluegrass waves sweetly in the wind [03:41.91]Where the bluegrass music's always playin' [03:49.20]To the haunting sound of [03:51.63]Monroe's mandolin [03:56.55]I'm heading for bluer pastures