From Duke to Alan

They've been playing that jazz for years now

Doing complicated things

Hoping for what the future may bring.

But a buck a tune won't do it

Won't get them strings for their guitars

So tired of dreaming of becoming big stars

Then they met a rusty cowboy

And they shared the same dream

Playing music and hearing crowds scream

They changed from Duke to Alan

Pat Metheney to Tim McGraw

Became the meanest countrymen you ever saw

Now it's country that makes their living

Now there's country in their veins

They are bringing home the bacon

So the girls don't complain

Now they're even wearing cowboyhats

Now they're walking in cowboyboots

Cause when you're hooked on country so bad

It gets down to your roots.

And they sometimes meet their old friends

Who wonder how things are

The jazz singer is now sober and the others behind bars

"I'll pay for this one buddy

Please take my jacket too

I've gone country. Good luck to you."