What Country Means

Well, I got no exes in Texas, but I got two in Colorado

I grew up in hand-me-downs, hands in the dirt of Grandad's garden

By the sea, no dreams to climb the corporate ladder, only trees

That's where I wrote my first poetry

Daddy, your hands grip the wheel, my legs swing just shy of the floor

Back to back James Taylor sings us from Mama's house to yours

Only Slim I knew was chance, we had no Cash, but made it work

Now I'ma set the record straight like George did first

I don't drive an F150, but I love the open road

I don't got a hundred acres, but I got a heart o' gold

Though I don't live life in plaid, I live by common courtesy

And that's what country means to me

Made my second home at Wazzu, spent our weekends hiking trails

And in Batesville, Indiana, I got relations, born and raised

We play darts, and cards, and cornhole, and drink and talk till three

And blood or not, got each other's back, 'cause that's family

No, I don't drive an F150, but I love the open road

I don't got a hundred acres, but I've got a heart o' gold

Though I don't live life in plaid, I live by common courtesy

And that's what country means to me

No, I don't drive an F150 but I love the open road

I don't got a hundred acres, but I've got a heart o' gold

Though I don't live life in plaid, I live by common courtesy

'Cause that's what country means

Oh, and someday when I'm older, I'll want to plant my roots

And I'll bring back my grandad's garden and I'll build my own roof

And I'll ride horseback 'cross the creek, own land far as the eye can see

'Cause that's what country means to me

That's what country means to me