That hot ol summer sun make

You beg for your next breath

So you best be on the creek bank

Laid in the shade

Chewing on a hickory twig

Pass that bottle I'll have me a swig

I ain't got a lot

But I think I got it made in the shade

I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind

Catching these fish like

They're going out of style

And drinking this homemade wine

Hey if the sun don't come up tomorrow

People I have had a good time

Im just laid up here in a country state of mind

I bet the old man's in the kitchen

He's got my kind of music on his radio

Oh I'm drinking his beer

And dialing up the request lines

Mama and old aunt Joan

Probably in the dining room

Trying to use the phone

Me I'm thinking about that girl and later tonight

I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind

I'm catching these fish like

They're going out of style

I'm drinking this homemade wine

And if the sun don't come up tomorrow

People I have had a good time

Im just laid up here in a country state of mind

You know the red necks and the preppies

They are in their discos and honky-tonks

Somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace

Lord I know just how they feel

You gotta get out and kick up your heels

And ain't it great to be Living In The U S A

Me I'm laid up here in a country state of mind

Catching these fish like

They're going out of style

And drinking this homemade wine all the time

If the sun don't shine tomorrow

People I have had a good time

Im just laid up here in a country state of mind

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