God & Country

Mama put a Bible in my hands and Daddy put my hands in the dirt I grew up in the heart of the heartland with a vintage Johnny Cash on my shirt I learned the truth from Grandpa's vinyl and a preacher down on River Road If you care to know anything about me, I'll tell you everything you need to know I'm hallelujah hands high and friends in low places Red, white, and blue, and red-letter pages Back-row pew and front-seat Ford New King James and old King George I'm washed in the water and mud on the tires I'm Friday night lights and Sunday morning choir I'm prayers up to Heaven, roots down in Kentucky Made by God and country God and country Always been and will be my true north when it feels like the world's going south It is well with my soul where the green grass grows on some hometown holy ground I'm hallelujah hands high and friends in low places Red, white, and blue, and red-letter pages Back-row pew and front-seat Ford New King James and old King George I'm washed in the water and mud on the tires I'm Friday night lights and Sunday morning choir I'm prayers up to Heaven, roots down in Kentucky Made by God and country Made by God and country I'm hallelujah hands high and friends in low places Red, white, and blue, and red-letter pages Back-row pew and front-seat Ford New King James and old King George I'm grace-given free and a hard-earned dollar Child of the King and a coal miner's daughter I'm prayers up to Heaven, roots down in Kentucky, oh yeah I got a good life down here and a better one waitin' up above me Made by God and country God and country Yeah God and country