(john calvert/aaron sain)



I got my first guitar when i was just a boy

I was playing the blues instead of playing with toys

Listening to the opry and dreaming of the neon lights

So it was late to bed and early to rise

I worked the field all day and the crowd all night

My finger on the trigger and nashville in my sights

I'm the real thing and i sing songs about real life



And i never heard a fiddle called a violin

Never really worried if i fit in

Country ain't what i sing it's what i am

This hat ain't something i wear for style

These boots have been around a while

Country ain't what i sing it's what i am



I learned to drive on a dirt road

Cruised the strip on rock and roll

And drove around on "miles and miles of texas"

And as i grew daddy showed me now

To earn a living by the sweat of my brow

But he never made me follow in his steps

He said work hard and let the good lord do the rest



And i never heard a fiddle called a violin

Never really worried if i fit in

Country ain't what i sing it's what i am

This truck ain't something i drive for style

These boots have been around a while

Country ain't what i sing it's what i am



And i never heard a fiddle called a violin

Never really worried if i fit in

Country ain't what i sing it's what i am

This hat ain't something i wear for style

These boots have been around a while

Country ain't what i sing it's what i am


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