Country Son

If you ain't from the backwoods up in them sticks If you ain't toting a shotgun and loving to spit If you don't salute when the red white and blue is sung You ain't country son If mama says jump and you don't ask how high And if you ain't scared to let daddy catch you in a lie 'Cause what mom says goes and when daddy stares like boy please run And you do, you ain't country son 'Cause there ain't no mountain high enough, there ain't no valley low That could keep my daddy off my ass if I was trying to act grown These days that we are living in is a self-destructive path The poli-trick-tians and these know it all's trying to be my mom and dad Trying to change my life and give me new rules Out with wise guys in with new fools Change and arranging everything we've done, they ain't country son Lord have mercy on the new generation of kids If they ain't reading by the age of three then lord forbid And they make them learn a language that ain't American That ain't country son And they got a little pill for the ones who get off track And they can make a parent feel like they're the one who's holding them back When it seems to be there's a penalty just for being young, that ain't country son 'Cause their ain't no tree my boy can't climb, there ain't no creek around Where a crawdad can escape my son or a worm that's on the ground He eats liver mush in a hot-dog bun and ain't never asked for toast He said slap a piece of bacon there on the side And gets mustard on his nose But the health man says that's too much pork And the nutrition pros will not support This southern meal that we serve back where I'm from, they ain't country son This ain't no wrong or right thing it's a way of life thing From sun up, sun down 'til the morning comes You can bet your last dang dollar, I'm country son Dang right I'm country son