[ti:thank god i'm a country boy]
[00:02.260]Well,life's  on  a  farm  is  kinda  laid  back,
[00:04.513]ain't  much  an  old  country  boy  like  me  can't  hack.
[00:06.999]It's  early  to  rise,early  in  the  sack
[00:09.262]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[00:11.620]Well,a  simple  kind  of  life  never  did  me  no  harm,
[00:14.312]raising  me  a  family  and  working  on  the  farm.
[00:16.686]My  days  are  all  filled  with  an  easy  country  charm,
[00:19.305]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[00:21.474]Well,I  got  me  a  fine  wife,I  got  me  old  fiddle.
[00:24.226]When  the  sun's  coming  up,I  got  cakes  on  the  griddle.
[00:26.393]And  life  ain't  nothing  but  a  funny,funny  riddle,
[00:28.306]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[00:31.391]When  the  work's  all  done  and  the  sun's  setting  low,
[00:34.55]I  pull  out  my  fiddle  and  I  rosin  up  the  bow.
[00:36.613]The  kids  are  asleep  so  I  keep  it  kinda  low,
[00:39.131]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[00:41.503]I'd  play  Sally  Gooding  all  day  if  I  could,
[00:43.965]but  the  lord  and  my  wife  wouldn't  take  it  very  good.
[00:46.387]So  I  fiddle  when  I  can  and  I  work  when  I  should,
[00:49.210]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[00:51.372]Well,I  got  me  a  fine  wife,I  got  me  old  fiddle.
[00:54.31]When  the  sun's  coming  up,I  got  cakes  on  the  griddle.
[00:56.586]And  life  ain't  nothing  but  a  funny,funny  riddle,
[00:58.539]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[01:22.175]I  wouldn't  trade  my  life  for  diamonds  or  jewels,
[01:24.98]I  never  was  one  of  them  money  hungry  fools.
[01:26.159]I'd  rather  have  my  fiddle  and  my  farming  tools,
[01:29.326]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[01:31.896]Yeah,city  folk  driving  in  a  black  limousine,
[01:33.857]a  lotta  sad  people  thinking  that's-a  mighty  keen.
[01:37.20]Son,let  me  tell  you  now  exactly  what  I  mean,
[01:39.947]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[01:42.47]Well,I  got  me  a  fine  wife,I  got  me  old  fiddle.
[01:44.653]When  the  sun's  coming  up,I  got  cakes  on  the  griddle.
[01:47.17]And  life  ain't  nothing  but  a  funny,funny  riddle,
[01:48.937]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[01:53.412]Well,my  fiddle  was  my  daddy's  till  the  day  he  died,
[02:14.905]and  he  took  me  by  the  hand  and  held  me  close  to  his  side.
[02:17.722]He  said,"Live  a  good  life  and  play  my  fiddle  with  pride,
[02:20.63]and  thank  God  you're  a  country  boy.
[02:22.681]My  Daddy  taught  me  young  how  to  hunt  and  how  to  whittle,
[02:25.249]he  taught  me  how  to  work  and  play  a  tune  on  the  fiddle.
[02:27.904]He  taught  me  how  to  love  and  how  to  give  just  a  little,
[02:30.166]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.
[02:33.329]Well,I  got  me  a  fine  wife,I  got  me  old  fiddle.
[02:36.835]When  the  sun's  coming  up,I  got  cakes  on  the  griddle.
[02:38.943]And  life  ain't  nothing  but  a  funny,funny  riddle,
[02:41.119]thank  God  I'm  a  country  boy.