Country Music

I packed it all on a whim Threw an old Hank cassette tape in Dad's '84 rusty Ford He swore we'd never make it I quit my job, let my momma down Broke an angel's heart on the way out of town Pulled my roots from the ground for The hum of wheels on the blacktop The strum of strings on a flat top It's a neon fever for a small town dreamer Tells you everything you have is worth losin' Damn country music You might get lost in the lights The things that keep you up all night Whiskey straight 3 a.m. Chasin' songs in your head It's the sweetest highs, the lowest lows Needin' yes and hearin' no Just another so-so Believe me I know It's the hum of wheels on the blacktop The strum of strings on a flat top It'll take you, break you Damn sure make you Do things you never thought you'd be doing Damn country music When the money, the fame The lights on your name All fade away Well, you'll still be a slave to The hum of wheels on the blacktop The strum of strings on a flat top It's a neon fever for a small town dreamer Tells you everything you have is worth losing Damn country music Damn country music

It's a six string strummin', three chords and the truth It's Tennessee whiskey goin' down smooth It's a jukebox glowin' in a neon light It's a nowhere small town Saturday night That's country music That's why we do it It hits the heart and soul And just feels right That's country music It pulls us through it It's the ups and the downs The soundtrack of our lives That's country music It's an '82 Chevy on an old back road It's an open door, it's a welcome home It's a late night, moonlight, long first kiss It's a never felt the heartbreak like this That's country music That's why we do it It hits the heart and soul And just feels right That's country music It pulls us through it It's the ups and the downs The soundtrack of our lives Yeah, that's country music It's a pair of worn out cowboy boots It's a don't forget your hometown roots (Hometown roots) It's granddad sayin', "I had a good ride" It's a folded flag as you say, "Goodbye" That's country music That's country music (Country music) That's country music That's why we do it It hits the heart and soul And just feels right That's country music It pulls us through it It's the ups and the downs The soundtrack of our lives That's country music That's country music It's Cash, Dolly, Haggard, and Jones It's the songs we'll sing when we get home That's country music That's country music

I got drunk on Strawberry Wine Fell asleep to a Whiskey Lullaby Found out real quick What Hurts The Most Waking up from drinking like George Jones God bless the Copperhead Road That took me home on a Small Town Saturday Night After working like Dolly Nine to five That's how a Redneck Woman gets by I close my eyes and I sing along And it takes me back to when I was young Learning about life and who I was Taking each day song by song First dance first kiss and falling in love Losing myself when I lost someone Slurring them words when I got too drunk Waking up hungover with the radio on What ever it was it got me through it I grew up On country music I remember when my first love he checked yes Said you're my Forever and Ever Amen Then he went to The Dance with my best friend Well, I Hope You Dance I close my eyes and I sing along And it takes me back to when I was young Learning about life and who I was Taking each day song by song First dance first kiss and falling in love Losing myself when I lost someone Slurring them words when I got too drunk Waking up hungover with the radio on What ever it was it got me through it I grew up On country music A Steel guitar And a broken heart Fit together like a work of art It's always there when times get hard And a fiddle in a band can make you dance And a six string just understands What you're going through when life don't make sense Country music Got me through it I close my eyes and I sing along And it takes me back to when I was young Learning about life and who I was Taking each day song by song First dance first kiss and falling in love Losing myself when I lost someone Slurring them words when I got too drunk Waking up hungover with the radio on What ever it was it got me through it I grew up On country music

You're not supposed to say The word cancer in a song And tellin' folks Jesus is the answer Can rub 'em wrong It ain't hip to sing about tractors, trucks Little towns and mama Yeah that might be true But this is country music and we do Well, you like to drink a cold one On the weekend and get a little loud Do you wanna say I'm sorry or I love ya But you don't know how? Do you wish somebody had the nerve To tell that stupid boss of yours To shove it next time he yells at you? Well, this is country music, and we do So turn it on, turn it up and sing along This is real, this is your life in a song Yeah this is country music Are you haunted by the echo of your mother On the phone? Cryin' as she tells you that Your brother is not coming home? And if there's anyone that still Has pride and the memory of those That died defending the old red, white and blue This is country music and we do So turn it on, turn it up and sing along This is real, this is your life in a song Just like a road that takes you home Yeah this is right where you belong This is country music This is country music You Stopped Loving Her Today (This is country music) Hello Dolly (This is country music) God Bless the USA (This is country music) Amarillo by the Morning (This is country music) Stand by Your Man (This is country music) Take Me Home Country Roads (This is country music) I Walk the Line (This is country music) Country Boy Can Survive

God and country music are like whiskey and a prayer Like Johnny Cash's arm around Billy Graham God and country music They both never change You find 'em when you need 'em Where you stand There's always lost in the found And darkness in the I-saw-the-light It's living in the small towns In some church and backroad honky tonk tonight It's a dance between the sin and the salvation Come hell or high water There's two things still worth saving God and country music God and country music God and country music They both showed you the truth Seen the low of the valley And the highs of the mountains too Folded hands and guitar strings Jukebox preachers and angels singing Call you like they knew ya Between the hell and hallelujah There's always lost in the found And darkness in the I-saw-the-light It's still living in the small towns In some church and backroad honky tonk tonight It's a dance between the sin and the salvation Come hell or high water There's two things still worth saving God and country music God and country music There's always lost in the found And darkness in the I-saw-the-light It's still living in the small towns In some church and backroad honky tonk tonight It's a dance between the sin and the salvation Come hell or high water There's two things still worth saving God and country music God and country music God and country music God and country music

There'll be fire on the mountain I had a revelation last night A divine inspiration from the other side Of what it's gonna take to right all this wrong We need a country music Jesus to come and save us all We need a second comin' worse than bad Some long-haired hippie prophet Preachin' from the book of Johnny Cash A sheep among the wolves there standin' tall We need a country music Jesus to come and save us all And there'll be fire on the mountain There'll be revival and bangin' drums There'll be screamin' and there'll be shoutin' Oh, when my country music Jesus comes We've had our believers in the past And they gave us a message that would last They built our house on a foundation of stone God, send a country music Jesus to come and save us all There'll be fire on the mountain There'll be revival and bangin' drums There'll be screamin' and there'll be shoutin' Yeah, when my country music Jesus comes Yeah, there'll be fire on the mountain There'll be revival and bangin' drums There'll be screamin' and there'll be shoutin' When my country music Jesus comes When my country music Jesus comes