(Jeffrey Steele/Dick Rudolph/Chris Farren)



Family together front porch swing

Daddy get his guitar and we all sing

Grandma rockin' the baby to sleep

Momma keepin' time at the sewing machine



That's the way it was handed down to me

And that's what I still believe

Music planted the seed inside of me

Songs about God and family

And makin' the most of simple things

These are my roots,the roots of country



They sing in the factories,churches and the fields

Words from the hear,stories so real

A common people with a common bond

Workin' together and singin' along



That's the way it was handed down to me

And that's what I still believe

Music planted the seed inside of me

Singin' the songs that we all know

Gathering around the radio

Yeah,these are my roots,the roots of country



Kentucky bluegrass,western swing (The seed inside of me)

The singin' cowboys and honky tonk queens

The good old days they may be gone

But the tradition still lives on,yeah



Music planted the seed inside of me

(Songs about God and family)

Songs about God and family

(Makin' the most of simple things)

Makin' the most of simple things

(These are my roots)

And I'm proud of my roots

(The roots of country)

Oh,yeah



These are my roots

The roots of country



These are my roots

Ah,yeah