I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

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I remember wearing straight legged Levi's 
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flannel shirts even when they weren't in style 
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I remember singin' with Roy Rogers  
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at the movies when the west was really wild 
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I was listenin to the Opry when all of my friends 
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were diggin' rock and roll and rythem and blues 
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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 
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Oooh, I was country when country wasn't cool 
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I was country from my hat down to my boots 
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I still act and look the same  
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what ya see ain't nothin' new 
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I was country when country wasn't cool
 
 
*Guitar Solo* 
 
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They called us country bumkins for stickin' to our roots 
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I'm just glad we're in a country where we're all free to choose 
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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