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My Life's Been a Country Song Lyrics
Now I know how Merle Haggard felt
When he sang the words 'Mama tried'
And I've lived those teenage Friday nights
With a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
And that summer Becky broke my heart
Alabama sang "Old Flame Burning"
I danced with George Straight
Drank with George Jones
My life's been a country song
It's all about
Falling down and getting back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raising cain on Friday nights
Sunday church set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
Now I know how Paycheck felt
When he told his boss to take his job and shove it
And I've had the girl that made me say
'I like it, I love it, I want some more of it'
And I'll always remember just where I was
When the world stopped turning
Through the good and the bad
The right and the wrong
My life's been a country song
It's all about
Falling down and getting back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raising cain on Friday nights
Sunday church set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
It's been the words when I couldn't find them
A friend when I've been alone
It's been a toast to the things remembered
The strangth for moving on
It's all about
Falling down and getting back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raising cain on Friday nights
Sunday church set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
Oh, my life's been a country song
When he sang the words 'Mama tried'
And I've lived those teenage Friday nights
With a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
And that summer Becky broke my heart
Alabama sang "Old Flame Burning"
I danced with George Straight
Drank with George Jones
My life's been a country song
Falling down and getting back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raising cain on Friday nights
Sunday church set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
When he told his boss to take his job and shove it
And I've had the girl that made me say
'I like it, I love it, I want some more of it'
And I'll always remember just where I was
When the world stopped turning
Through the good and the bad
The right and the wrong
My life's been a country song
Falling down and getting back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raising cain on Friday nights
Sunday church set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
A friend when I've been alone
It's been a toast to the things remembered
The strangth for moving on
Falling down and getting back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Working all week for a back ache
Raising cain on Friday nights
Sunday church set it right
They can write it on my stone
My life's been a country song
Oh, my life's been a country song
Song Info
Submitted by
shattered Dreams On Apr 06, 2008
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I absolutely adore this song!! And here's all the songs I heard referenced in it:
"Mama Tried" by Merl Haggard "Chattahoochie" by Alan Jackson "Old Flame" by Alabama -George Strait's four songs about dancing "He Stopped Loving Her" or "Yesterday's Wine" by George Jones "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck "I Like It, I Love It" by Tim McGraw "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" by Alan Jackson
The Becky one, though, I don't recognize. Does anybody know that one?
I'm only 18 and I've only been listening to country for about five, but my short life has been a country song. I've fallen down only to get back up, I've had a lot of good times and bad, and I've had my heartbroken and thought I've found love. It's about the simple things in life everyone wants, and you feel a better connection if you're from the south or are into country.