You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country

Well, you can take the boy out of the country
But you'll never take the country from me
Keep my feet in the sand and give me wide open land
That's where I need to be

I like cornbread, buttermilk, and black-eyed peas
I like a hog jowl cooked down in turnip greens
And you can take the boy out of the country
But you'll never take the country from me

Well, I hear a while back
I took a notion, said the city was where I needed to be
I had a talk to my pa and my dear old ma
Whеre she orderеd a suit just for me

I got all slicked up and I cut out the town
Man, I was looking fine
I wanted to go down there and see what was happening
And watch those bright lights shine

You can take the boys out of the country
But you'll never take the country from me
To keep my feet in the sand And give me wide open land
That's where I need to be

Don't get me wrong, I ain't a-puttin' y'all down
But most of our necessities have come from town
And you can take the boys out of the country
But you'll never take the country from me

Yeah they took me downtown tole a hole in the ground
A little place they called "The Scene"
Well, they had an old band, but the record was-a going
It was coming from a big machine
The floor was shaking and the children was a jerking
But all I could see was girls
My friend said, "Carl, you got it wrong
That's a boy with a pretty long curls"

There's a little something different about the way we live
Out here on the farm
I say we talk about a neighbor but our neighbors don't know it So we really ain't done no harm
Every Sunday morning we all get together just shaking each other's hand
Then in the little white church we pray to God up above
He'll lead us to the promised land

'Cause you can take a boy out of the country
But you'll never take the country from me
What's that now, you can put my feet in the sand and give me wide open land cause that's where I want to be

I like cornbread buttermilk and black eyed peas
I like a hog jowl cooked down in turnip greens
And you take the boy out of the country
But you'll never take the country from me

And don't start trying, you'll never take the country from-
Give me back my overall
Oh there's something about the country I love
Yeah, it's a big part of me