Country Girl

I was raised in the country that's a natural fact Food on the table from the garden out back Everyone working to make the land their own Red clay crackin' where the silver queen grows Runnin' with your cousins from yard to yard Livin' was easy but the playin' was hard Didn't have much nothing comes for free All you needed was your family Chorus I am a country girl I've been around the world And every place I've been Ain't quite nothin' like Livin' in the south I wanta shut your mouth I am a country girl I am a country girl Biscuits in the morning and gravy too Fried chicken in the afternoon Jaw draggin' eatin' sweet potato pie Takin' half an hour to say goodbye Blackberry patches scuffin' on by Sweet Georgia peaches and dandelion wine The best kind of food is made by hand The only place to get it is from the land CHORUS All day I dream about a place in the sun Kinda like where I'm from With the tall grass blowin' in the breeze Runnin' bare foot from the tall oak tree All day I dream about a place I've been A place where the skin I'm in Feels like its supposed to be And anyone around who looks at me says CHORUS Livin in the south I wanta shut your mouth I was born in the country that's a natural fact On these long city days I wanta look back See tobacco fields a row after row Red clay a crackin' where the silver queen grows