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Country Boy (Unchained version)

by Johnny Cash

on American II: Unchained (1996), With His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957)

[Verse 1]
Country boy ain't got no shoes
Country boy ain't got no blues
Well, you work all day
While you're wanting to play
In the sun and the sand
With a face that's tan
At the end of the day
When your work is done
You ain't got nothing but fun

[Chorus 1]
Country boy ain't got no ills
Country boy, you don't owe no bills

[Verse 2]
You get a wiggly worm
And then you watch him squirm
While you put him on a hook
And you drop him in a brook
If everything's gonna turn out right
You're gonna fry fish tonight

[Chorus 2]
Country boy, got a lot to lose
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes

[Verse 2]
Country boy got a shaggy dog
Country boy up a holler log
Well, he comes in a run
When you pick up your gun
And with a shell or two
And your dog and you
When you get your rabbit
You'll skin his hide
He's gonna be good fried

[Chorus 3]
Country boy, got a lot to lose
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes

[Verse]
Country boy got work to do
Country boy in the morning dew
You got to plant the seed
You got to cut the weed
There's many a row
You know you gotta hoe
But when it's quittin' time
And your work is through
There's a lot of life in you

[Chorus 3]
Country boy, you're lucky free
Country boy, I wish I was you and you was me