Runnin' the Country

What if every limousine is jacked up in John Deere green?

The cover of a magazine was all about boots and jeans

What if every penthouse suite had an old tin roof that leaked?

Hey, what if the world's elite with country folks like you and me?

We'd have a lot more common sense

We'd have a lot less pointless arguments

If the right came left and the left came right

Shook hands and had a party in the middle tonight

We'd do what we'd say and say what we mean

Take it someplace we were proud to be

If the country was runnin' the country

Some say we're behind the times

Just 'cause we keep it simplified

But we're damn sure qualified

But we made you in the way of life

And if the times get tough you don't have to come lookin' for us

We'd have a lot more common sense

We'd have a lot less pointless arguments

If the right came left and the left came right

Shook hands and had a party in the middle tonight

We'd do what we'd say and say what we mean

Take it someplace we were proud to be

If the country was runnin' the country

We rise and fall with the sun

And don't quit 'til it's done

'Til the truth even if it hurts

And keep your own hands in your own dirt

We'd have a lot more common sense

A lot less pointless arguments

If the right came left and the left came right

Shook hands and had a party in the middle tonight

We'd do what we'd say and say what we mean

And take it someplace we were proud to be

If the country was runnin' the country

Yeah, if the country was runnin' the country