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[ti:thank god i'm a country boy] |
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Well,life's on a farm is kinda laid back, |
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ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack. |
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It's early to rise,early in the sack |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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Well,a simple kind of life never did me no harm, |
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raising me a family and working on the farm. |
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My days are all filled with an easy country charm, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. |
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When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. |
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And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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When the work's all done and the sun's setting low, |
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I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow. |
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The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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I'd play Sally Gooding all day if I could, |
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but the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good. |
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So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. |
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When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. |
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And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels, |
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I never was one of them money hungry fools. |
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I'd rather have my fiddle and my farming tools, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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Yeah,city folk driving in a black limousine, |
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a lotta sad people thinking that's-a mighty keen. |
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Son,let me tell you now exactly what I mean, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. |
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When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. |
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And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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Well,my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died, |
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and he took me by the hand and held me close to his side. |
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He said,"Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride, |
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and thank God you're a country boy. |
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My Daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle, |
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he taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle. |
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He taught me how to love and how to give just a little, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |
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Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. |
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When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. |
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And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, |
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thank God I'm a country boy. |