This Country Music Thing

Well, I spent my whole upbringin'

Workin' on singin' a song

And that turned into dreamin'

'Bout the whole world singin' along

So I moved on over to Nashville

Signed on the bottom line

When I threw down my low country sound

It was just a matter of time

Now my face is on your T-shirt

I'm ridin' 'round in a bus

Me and my band runnin' 'cross the land

Everybody chasin' us

I'm a member of the Grand Ole Opry

People like the way I sing

I'm shakin' your hand and thankin' the man for this country music thing

This country music thi-ing-ing-ing

John Anderson and Randy Travis

They've been good to me

Told me take care of my money

And it'll take care of me

I been all over this country

Been to some others too

It never gets old and every record sold

Keeps me comin' back to you

And my face is on your T-shirt

I'm ridin' 'round in a bus

Me and my band runnin' 'cross the land

Everybody chasin' us

I'm a member of the Grand Ole Opry

People like the way I sing

I'm shakin' your hand and thankin' the man for this country music thing

This country music thi-ing-ing-ing

Well, I don't take nothin' for granted

And there's one thing I understand

I've been around the world and I ain't found nothin' like a country music fan

I said country music fans

And my face is on your T-shirt

I'm ridin' 'round in a bus

Me and my band runnin' 'cross the land

Everybody chasin' us

I'm a member of the Grand Ole Opry

People like the way I sing

I'm shakin' your hand and thankin' the man for this country music thing

This country music thing

This country music thi-ing-ing-ing

I'm digging up bones, I'm digging up bones

Blow, blow Seminole wind

Blow like you're never gonna blow again

Ramblin' fever

I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' 'round the bend

Well way down yonder on the Chattahoochee

It gets hotter than a hootchie cootchie

I'm walking on the floor over you

Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living

Oh, rainy day woman, I never seem to see you for the good times

Out in North Carolina, way back in the hills

Lived my ol' pappy and he had him a still

Hey Louisiana woman, Mississippi man

We get together every time we can

Mississippi River couldn't keep us apart

There's too much love in this Mississippi heart

Too much love in this Louisiana heart

Well, you're headed right in the wrong direction, honey

If you wanna come home

A country boy can survive