The Folks Who Live on the Hill

The Folks Who Live On The Hill - Jane Monheit

Many men with lofty aims

Strive for lofty goals

Others play at smaller games

Being simpler souls

I am of the latter brand

All I want to do

Is to find a plot of land

And live there with you

Someday we'll build a home

On a hilltop high

You and I shiny and new

A cottage that two can fill

And we'll be pleased to be called

The folks who live on the hill

Someday we may be adding

A thing or two a wing or two

We will make changes as any family will

But we will always be called

The folks who live on the hill

Our veranda will command

A view of meadows green

The sort of view that

Seems to want to be seen

And when the kids

Grow up and leave us

We'll sit and look at the

Same old view just we two

Darby and Joan who

Used to be Jack and Jill

The folks like to be called

What they have always been called

The folks who live on the hill