Green Hills Race For California Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Faseman 

Cover art for Green Hills Race For California lyrics by Emerson Hart

Having seen Emerson Hart in concert several times, I have heard him tell what this song is about. He tells a story of something that happened shortly after he moved to Nashville, TN from Los Angeles. He was in line to check out at a grocery store, and some person said 'Hey, how are you doing?'. Emerson said, 'Do you know me' and the guy said no, he was just being friendly. Emerson said that would never happen in Los Angeles and that was when he knew he had moved to the right place. This song is about how he loves living in Tennessee (or at least did when he wrote the song) and how he doesn't want to leave, even if his friends and family think he should.