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Corn Fed Lyrics
We don't flip the bird, we don't cuss an' scream,
When the cars don't move when the light turns green.
We don't lock our doors when we leave the house,
There ain't nobody here that we'd keep out.
That's the way we do it in our town, yeah.
You never hear me apologise,
For growin' up strong, growin' up right.
Livin' life by the Golden Rule.
Say: 'Yes, Ma'am,' 'Thank You.'
Green fields for miles an' miles,
Ain't nothin' but country on the radio dial.
I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred,
Corn fed.
Ain't no burnin' flags on our Court House Square.
You see Old Glory flyin' everywhere.
There ain't no Valley joint with five-star atmosphere.
Daddy's home-grown beet's what's for dinner here.
An we wash it down with a tall, cold beer, yeah.
You never hear me apologise,
For growin' up strong, growin' up right.
Livin' life by the Golden Rule.
Say: 'Yes, Ma'am,' 'Thank You.'
Green fields for miles an' miles,
Ain't nothin' but country on the radio dial.
I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred,
Corn fed.
Rooster crows, six a.m.
John Deere pulling that plow again.
Spit on your face, hands in the dirt,
Ain't nothin' better on God's great earth.
You never hear me apologise,
For growin' up strong, growin' up right.
Livin' life by the Golden Rule.
Say: 'Yes, Ma'am,' 'Thank You.'
Green fields for miles an' miles,
Ain't nothin' but country on the radio dial.
I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred;
Well, I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred,
Corn fed.
Corn fed.
Corn fed.
Corn fed.
When the cars don't move when the light turns green.
We don't lock our doors when we leave the house,
There ain't nobody here that we'd keep out.
That's the way we do it in our town, yeah.
For growin' up strong, growin' up right.
Livin' life by the Golden Rule.
Say: 'Yes, Ma'am,' 'Thank You.'
Green fields for miles an' miles,
Ain't nothin' but country on the radio dial.
I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred,
Corn fed.
You see Old Glory flyin' everywhere.
There ain't no Valley joint with five-star atmosphere.
Daddy's home-grown beet's what's for dinner here.
An we wash it down with a tall, cold beer, yeah.
For growin' up strong, growin' up right.
Livin' life by the Golden Rule.
Say: 'Yes, Ma'am,' 'Thank You.'
Green fields for miles an' miles,
Ain't nothin' but country on the radio dial.
I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred,
Corn fed.
John Deere pulling that plow again.
Spit on your face, hands in the dirt,
Ain't nothin' better on God's great earth.
For growin' up strong, growin' up right.
Livin' life by the Golden Rule.
Say: 'Yes, Ma'am,' 'Thank You.'
Green fields for miles an' miles,
Ain't nothin' but country on the radio dial.
I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred;
Well, I thank the good Lord I was born an' bred,
Corn fed.
Corn fed.
Corn fed.
Corn fed.
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My uncle went to school with her, and I used to live where she is from. It makes me proud to listen to someone that came from such a small town, make it, though not HUGE, she made it onto CMT.
The song is self explanitory. Back in Spencer/Spriit Lake, Iowa, the place is small. Nobody is cussing at streetlights, burning flags, and it's most farmland.
Anyhow, just listening to Shannon makes me happy, proud to be from that small town.