And the Mississippi River she’s a goin’ dry
The interest is up and the Stock Markets down
And you only get mugged
If you go down town

I live back in the woods, you see
A woman and the kids, and the dogs and me
I got a shotgun rifle and a 4-wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

Because you can’t starve us out
And you cant makes us run
Cause one-of- ‘em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma’am
And if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn

We came from the West Virginia coalmines
And the Rocky Mountains and the and the western skies
And we can skin a buck; we can run a trot-line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a businessman
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I’d send him some homemade wine

But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For 43 dollars my friend lost his life
Id love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my old 45
Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

Cause you can’t starve us out and you can’t make us run
Cause one-of- ‘em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma’am
And if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn

We’re from North California and south Alabam
And little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck; we can run a trot-line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

9/29/2008 2:05:03 PM

what do you think he means by making his own smoke

tobacco or wacky tobacco

9/29/2008 2:06:23 PM

and here i thought this thread was going to be about godspeed you black emperor

9/29/2008 2:06:32 PM

but it;s ok, cause all my rowdy friends are comin over tonight, yessir.

9/29/2008 2:06:43 PM

haha probably both?!?!

9/29/2008 2:06:51 PM

all my rowdy friends have settled down

9/29/2008 2:07:17 PM

well, I ain't got money and i'm doin fine, just a hillbilly hellraiser, killin' time

9/29/2008 2:07:58 PM

i done so much trip, i cant look ya in the eye

9/29/2008 2:10:35 PM

and i'm looking for that gal
about five foot ten
and i'm gonna take her down that road
of livin a life of sin

9/29/2008 2:12:29 PM

somebody told us wall street fell
but we was so poor that we couldn't tell

9/29/2008 2:13:16 PM

I wear a fake fishhook on my hat

9/29/2008 2:13:59 PM

Quote :

"and here i thought this thread was going to be about godspeed you black emporer"

9/29/2008 2:14:46 PM

well the rich man took my home and shoved me from my door
and I ain't got no home in this world anymore

9/29/2008 2:15:56 PM

cotton was short
and the weeds was tall
but mister obama a-gonna save us allllll

9/29/2008 2:16:12 PM

I worked in a textile mill, I made a living wage
My healthcare and dental benefits were paid
but one day the mill shut down and moved to Singapore
and I ain't got no home in this world anymore

9/29/2008 2:17:04 PM

2012

9/29/2008 2:17:32 PM

Now as I look around, it's mighty plain to see
This world is such a great and a funny place to be
Oh, the banker man is rich an' the workin' man is poor,
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore.

9/29/2008 2:19:11 PM

Oh, and on the post by the general store, they put up a little sign
An auction sale day after tomorrow at the end of Lincoln Line
Thirty years of farming, thirty years of heartache, thirty years of day to
day
Oh, my daddy stopped talking the day the farm was auctioned, there was
nothing left to say.

9/29/2008 2:19:30 PM

In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me?

9/29/2008 2:21:58 PM

Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.

9/29/2008 2:24:14 PM

I'M BAAAAACCCCKKKKKKK IN THE SADDLE AGAAAAAAIIIIINNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!



oh, wait.... wrong thread

9/29/2008 2:34:10 PM