i remember wearing straight leg levis
flannel shirts even when they weren't in style
i remember singing with roy rogers at the movies
when the west was really wild
i was listening to the opry
when all of my friends were digging
rock and roll and rhythm and blues
i was country when country wasn't cool
i remember sitting in the drive in
pulling up and turning down george jones
i remember when no one was looking
i was putting peanuts in my **
i took a lot of kitten cause i never did fit in
now look at everybody trying to be what i was
then i was country when country wasn't cool
ooh i was country when country wasn't cool
i was country from my hat down to my boots
i still act and look the same
what you see ain't nothing new
i was country when country wasn't cool
they call us country bumpkins for sticking to our rules
i'm just glad we're in a country
where we're all free to choose
i was country
i was country when country wasn't cool
hey i was country when country wasn't cool
and i was country from my hat down to oh my boots
i still act and look the same
what you see ain't nothing new
cause i was country but country wasn't cool
yeah i was country when country wasn't cool