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I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

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I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

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I remember wearing straight legged Levi's

flannel shirts even when they weren't in style

I remember singin' with Roy Rogers

at the movies when the west was really wild

I was listenin to the Opry when all of my friends

were diggin' rock and roll and rythem and blues

I was country when country wasn't cool

I remember sittin' in the drive-in

pullin' up and turnin' down George Jones

I remember when no one was lookin'

I was puttin' peanuts in my coke

I took a lot of kiddin' cause I never did fit in

now look at everybody tryin' to be what I was then

I was country when country wasn't cool

Oooh, I was country when country wasn't cool

I was country from my hat down to my boots

I still act and look the same

what ya see ain't nothin' new

I was country when country wasn't cool

They called us country bumkins for stickin' to our roots

I'm just glad we're in a country where we're all free to choose

I was country when country wasn't cool

*Chorus (w/ George Jones)

Hey, I was country when country wasn't cool

yeah and I was country from my hat down to oh my boots

I still act and look the same

what ya see ain't nothin' new

Cause I was country when country wasn't cool

Yeah, I was country when country wasn't cool

I remember wearing straight legged Levi's

flannel shirts even when they weren't in style

I remember singin' with Roy Rogers

at the movies when the west was really wild

I was listenin to the Opry when all of my friends

were diggin' rock and roll and rythem and blues

I was country when country wasn't cool

I remember sittin' in the drive-in

pullin' up and turnin' down George Jones

I remember when no one was lookin'

I was puttin' peanuts in my coke

I took a lot of kiddin' cause I never did fit in

now look at everybody tryin' to be what I was then

I was country when country wasn't cool

Oooh, I was country when country wasn't cool

I was country from my hat down to my boots

I still act and look the same

what ya see ain't nothin' new

I was country when country wasn't cool

They called us country bumkins for stickin' to our roots

I'm just glad we're in a country where we're all free to choose

I was country when country wasn't cool

*Chorus (w/ George Jones)

Hey, I was country when country wasn't cool

yeah and I was country from my hat down to oh my boots

I still act and look the same

what ya see ain't nothin' new

Cause I was country when country wasn't cool

Yeah, I was country when country wasn't cool

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