Thank God I'm a Country Boy

Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back

Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack

It's early to rise, early in the sack

I thank God I'm a country boy

Well, a simple kind of life never did me no harm

A-raisin' me a family and working on the farm

My days are all filled with an easy country charm

Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me ole fiddle

When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle

And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle

Thank God I'm a country boy

When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low

I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow

The kids are asleep, so I keep it kinda low

Thank God I'm a country boy

I'd play "Sally Goodin'" all day if I could

But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good

So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should

I thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me ole fiddle

When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle

Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle

Thank God I'm a country boy, woo

Well, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels

I never was one of them money-hungry fools

I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools

Thank God I'm a country boy

Yeah, city folk driving in a black limousine

A lot of sad people thinking that's a-mighty keen

Well, son, let me tell you now exactly what I mean

I thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me ole fiddle

When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle

And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle

Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died

And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side

Said, "Live a good life, play my fiddle with pride

And thank God you're a country boy"

Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle

Taught me how to work, to play a tune on the fiddle

He taught me how to love and how to give just a little

And thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me ole fiddle

When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle

Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle

Woo, thank God I'm a country boy, yes