Zach Miller - It Don't Get Better Than This

Zach Miller (Penn State '14 BFA Music Theatre) performs "It Don't Get Better Than This" from the musical "Urban Cowboy," music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.

[ethanleicht]

I been dreamin’
Of a hill by a river
And the west texas breezes blowin’ strong,
And I’m settin’
Good an’ high in the saddle,
And I’m thinkin’ that I’m right where I belong,

And no, it don’t get better than this, I know.
I know, sure as those hills are made to climb.
No, it don’t get better than this, I know,
And I know it’s just a matter of time.

I ain’t jokin’,
You can keep this whole city,
And these people, all unsettled and thin-skinned.
I’ll take a filly,
Break her slow, break her gentle,
Climb up easy, and then ride her like the wind,

And no, it don’t get better than this. I know,
I know, sure as two nickels make a dime
That oh, it don’t get better than this, I know,
And I know it’s just a matter of time.

I ain’t seduced by lights
Or fine, flashy cars.
Give me my quiet nights,
A winter moon,
A vale of stars…

I know, I know, a man was surely meant to roam,
But oh, it don’t get better than this, I know!
I know, in a matter of time,
I’m goin’ home.
I’m goin’ home.