Story Behind The Song
Collaboration "across the pond" with Adam Maxfield who wrote the track and reached out looking for some lyrics to match the track. Maybe the song will make it and Adam and I can actually meet!
| Song Length |
3:39 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Country - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Gratitude |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Country To Me
Sun coming up on another day
Gonna fire up the tractor and make some hay
Got a list of chores a country mile long
Gotta mlk the cows 'fore it gets too hot
There's another baby comin, hey, ready or not
Doesn't matter which day, there's always something going on
But I wouldn't trade this for anything
I'm just as happy as a country boy can be
I live in the house where I was raised
Where I plan to live the rest of my days
Wraparound porch underneath an old oak tree
Drinkin cold sweet tea from a mason jar
Gotta jacked up truck out in the yard
My blue tick hound thinks he's family
That's what it means to be
Country to me
Can ya smell that homemade apple pie
Look at those stars light up the sky
Feel the warm wind blow, hear those crickets sing
Take a late night dip at the swimming hole
Catch a few fish with a old cane pole
Grab yourself a bowl of homemade ice cream
Put the tailgate down and sing a little song
We can stay here and have a few beers all night long
I still live where I was raised
Where I plan to live the rest of my days
Wraparound porch underneath an old oak tree
Drinkin cold sweet tea from a mason jar
A big tire swing out in the yard
A few barn cats that think they're family
Singin those songs from Jones and Cash
Country music that was meant to last
Just pickin and a grinning is what we like to do
I still like some rock n roll
But I'd rather hear Johnny fiddle for his soul
The Gambler and That Folsom Prison Blues
That's what it means to be
Country to me
I still live where I was raised
Where I plan to live the rest of my days
Sittin in the hammock underneath that old oak tree
Drinkin lemonade from a mason jar
Got a big red rooster in the yard
I treat everybody just like they're family
Good old songs from Brooks and Dunne
Doing all the chores till the chores get done
Who doesn't know "A Country Boy Can Survive"
I have all I'll ever need
Home of the brave Land of the free
I thank God for giving me this life
That's what it means to be (repeat last time)
Country to me
Copyright 2013, Adam Maxfield -music, Paul Cook -lyrics
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