Oh well I've traveled o'er this country wide a seekin' fortune fair I've been down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere From Portland East to Portland West and back across the line I'm goin' now to a place I love and it's that old hometown of mine Son just eight more miles to Louisville they’re gonna come into my view Eight more miles on this old road and I 'll never more be blue Well I knew someday that I'd return I knew it from the start Son just eight more miles to Louisville the hometown of my heart Jump on it son Just eight more miles to Louisville There's eight more miles to Louisville... Son just eight more miles to Louisville the hometown of my heart Son just eight more miles eight more miles Son there's eight more miles eight more miles to Louisville