[00:00.00]thank god i'm a country boy   ---by john denver
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[00:02.83]well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
[00:04.97]ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
[00:07.36]it's early to rise, early in the sack
[00:09.84]thank god, i'm a country boy
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[00:12.05]well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
[00:14.63]a raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
[00:17.07]my days are all filled with an easy country charm
[00:19.61]thank god i'm a country boy
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[00:22.93]well, i got me a fine wife, i got me old fiddle
[00:24.38]when the sun's comin' up i got cakes on the griddle
[00:27.02]life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
[00:29.52]thank god i'm a country boy
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[00:32.89]when the work's all done and the sun's settin' low
[00:34.52]i pull out my fiddle and i rosin' up the bow
[00:37.00]the kids are asleep so i keep it kinda low
[00:39.65]thank god i'm a country boy
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[00:41.97]i'd play "sally goodin'" all day if i could
[00:44.46]but the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
[00:46.86]so i fiddle when i can, work when i should
[00:49.64]thank god, i'm a country boy
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[00:52.06]well, i got me a fine wife, i got me old fiddle
[00:54.27]when the sun's comin' up i got cakes on the griddle
[00:57.14]life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
[00:59.84]thank god i'm a country boy
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[01:22.50]well i wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
[01:24.85]i never was one of them money hungry fools
[01:27.26]i'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
[01:29.95]thank god i'm a country boy
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[01:32.32]yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
[01:34.87]a lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
[01:37.39]son, let me tell ya now exactly what i mean
[01:39.98]i thank god i'm a country boy
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[01:42.42]well, i got me a fine wife, i got me old fiddle
[01:44.82]when the sun's comin' up i got cakes on the griddle
[01:47.54]life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
[01:50.17]thank god i'm a country boy
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[02:12.75]well, my fiddle was my daddy's til the day he died
[02:15.14]and he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
[02:17.71]he said...'live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
[02:20.40]and thank god you're a country boy"
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[02:22.93]my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
[02:25.39]he taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
[02:27.81]taught me how to love and how to give just a little
[02:33.25]thank god i'm a country boy