I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

I REMEMBER WEARING

STRAIGHT- LEG LEVIS

FLANNEL SHIRTS

EVEN WHEN THEY

WEREN'T IN STYLE

I REMEMBER SINGING

WITH ROY ROGERS

AT THE MOVIES

WHEN THE WEST WAS

REALLY WILD

I WAS LISTENING

TO THE OPRY WHEN

ALL OF MY FRIENDS

WERE DIGGING

ROCK 'N' ROLL AND

RHYTHM AND BLUES

I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL

I REMEMBER

CIRCLING THE DRIVE- IN

PULLING UP AND

TURNING DOWN

GEORGE JONES

I REMEMBER WHEN

NO ONE WAS LOOKING

I WAS PUTTING PEANUTS

IN MY COKE

I TOOK A LOT OF KIDDING

'CAUSE I NEVER DID

FIT IN

NOW LOOK AT

EVERYBODY

TRYING TO BE

WHAT I WAS THEN

I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL

OOH I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL

I WAS COUNTRY

FROM MY HAT

DOWN TO MY BOOTS

I STILL ACT

AND LOOK THE SAME

WHAT YOU SEE

AIN'T NOTHIN' NEW

I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL

8 BAR

INSTRUMENTAL

BREAK

THEY CALLED US

COUNTRY BUMPKINS

FOR STICKING TO

OUR ROOTS

I'M JUST GLAD

WE'RE IN A COUNTRY

WHERE WE'RE ALL

FREE TO CHOOSE

I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL

HEY I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL

I WAS COUNTRY

FROM MY HAT

DOWN TO MY BOOTS

I STILL ACT

AND LOOK THE SAME

WHAT YOU SEE

AIN'T NOTHIN' NEW

I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL

YEAH I WAS COUNTRY

WHEN COUNTRY

WASN'T COOL