I was sitting on a bar stool

In a barbecue joint in Tennessee

When this old boy walked in

And he sat right down next to me

I could tell he'd been through some hard times

There were tear stains on his old shirt

Then he said, "Do you wanna know what you get

When you play a country song backwards?"

You get your house back, you get your dog back

You get your best friend Jack back

You get your truck back, you get your hair back

You get your first and second wives back

Your front porch swing, your pretty little thing

Your bling, bling, bling and a diamond ring

You get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley

First night in jail with Charlie

It sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd

But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards

Well, I never heard it said quite like that

It hit me in the face 'cause that's where I'm at

I almost fell flat out on the floor

He said, "Wait a minute, that's not all, there's even more"

You get your mind back, you get your nerves back

Your first heart attack back

You get your pride back, you get your life back

You get your first real love back

You get your big screen TV, a DVD and a washing machine

You get the pond and the lawn and the bill and the mower

You go back where you don't know her

It sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd

Little crazy

But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards

Oh, play that song

We sat there and shot the bull about how it would be

If we could turn it all around and change this C-R-A-P

You get your house back, you get your dog back

You get your best friend Jack back

You get your truck back, you get your hair back

You get your first and second wives back

Your front porch swing, your pretty little thing

Your bling, bling, bling and a diamond ring

You get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley

First night in jail with Charlie

You get your mind back, you get your nerves back

Your first heart attack back

You get your pride back, you get your life back

You get your first real love back

You get your big screen TV, a DVD and a washing machine

You get the pond and the lawn and the bill and the mower

You go back when you don't know her

It sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd

Sounds, little crazy

But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards

Hey, yeah