song profile

Raised on a Country Song 

Twenty miles south of guitar town above a honky tonk
Baptized in the neon light, that’s where I grew up
The jukebox in the corner played a country sound
Every night I’d say my prayers and then I’d lay me down
When other kids were counting sheep
Patsy’d sing me sweet sweet dreams 

Cause late at night with the jukebox on
I was raised on a country song
Banjo, fiddle and a steel guitar
Three chord truth that touched my heart
Take me back where I belong
Cause I was raised on a country song 

Every night I heard those songs seeping through the floor
Tammy Wynette would sing a duet with George Jones
I’d hear Lester Flatt, then Johnny Cash sing I walk the line
Then Patsy would take me walking after midnight
When other kids were reading Seuss
I knew the words to a boy Named Sue 

There was always someone there to play with anytime
Cause my best friends were Wynette, Jones and Cline