Lyrics

Sure As Hell Ain?t Country

By Kieran Egan Copyright October 1, 2006
(North American Version)
Sure As Hell Ain?t Country
I never rode a horse
You can hear it in my voice
But there?s a rainforest callin? me
With a heart of deepest green
With a ragin? torrent
And the land of the spirit callin? me

Grew up in the city
The city of fire and bombs
Never felt so pretty ?til my dad took me home
Caught the fish with my bare hands
As they darted to and fro
Yeah some say that I?m as country as I was rock and roll

Never drove a tractor
Never ploughed a field
Sure as hell ain?t country
You can hear it in my voice

But there?s a rainforest callin? in my heart
To the town I was born with the fire and bombs
I gotta look back in anger
Yes that?s what they told me
Never look ahead
Only for what sold me down the river

Sure as hell ain?t country
I never rode a horse
I hear it everywhere I go
You never hear it in my voice

Sure as hell ain?t country
The songs I listen to now
Sure as hell ain?t country
Sure as hell I made the vow

Heavy metal band
You know you sucked me in
Play that bayou music with a pot o? jin
Never knew I?d be country over 20 years on
Black Sabbath and a Deep Purple they been buried and long gone

Sure as hell ain?t country
The blues licks I was doin?
Have a listen to that country now
You can tell those fingers are bruisin?

Never drove a tractor
Never ploughed a field
Never milked a cow
Endured a drought with nerves of steel

Sure as hell ain?t country
Say what you wanna say
But when I hear that Casey
It takes my heart away

Sure as hell ain?t country
Sure as wild as snow
Catchin? trout with my bare hands
Just outside that city of fire and bombs

Sure as hell ain?t country
Sure as hell ain?t soul
I got my last orders
I think it?s time to go

Sure as hell ain?t country
This old Samick guitar
Playin? Black Night
In a city that?s far from here

(More American alternate verses)

Never shot a bear never chased a buffalo
Never slowed a stampede
Never smoked a peace pipe

AUSSIE Version

Sure as hell ain?t country
Never shot a roo
Never been spotlighting
Never eaten wombat stew

Never jumped a croc
Never opened a zoo
Never been to the Never Never