Kicked Outta Country

I just got the news today The record I sent 'em, they threw it away It don't fit the format, don't make the list They say I'm too old, won't even be missed It happened to Jones and even The Hag Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash Kicked 'em right out without even a word But that ain't the end of the story I heard 'Cause Cash stomped out the footlights And Haggard for long had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones never showed up at all They lived what they wrote And they wrote what they sang And getting kicked outta country, didn't hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country, didn't hurt a thing I just wrote a new song today Pulled out my old guitar and I started to play Pressing my fingers into the strings I felt the feelings a country song brings I did some Jones and one for The Hag Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash They all got kicked outta country back then But then one day country came calling again And Cash stomped out the footlights And Haggard, for long had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones showed up after all They lived what they wrote And they wrote what they sang Getting kicked outta country, didn't hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country, didn't hurt a thing Well, it don't really matter 'Cause I ain't gonna change So getting kicked outta country Won't hurt a thing