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I remember wearing straight legged Levi's
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flannel shirts even when they weren't in style
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I remember singin' with Roy Rogers 
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at the movies when the west was really wild
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I was listenin to the Opry when all of my friends
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were diggin' rock and roll and rythem and blues
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I was country when country wasn't cool

I remember circlin' the drive-in
pullin' up and turnin' down George Jones
I remember when no one was lookin'
I was puttin' peanuts in my coke
I took a lot of kiddin' cause I never did fit in
now look at everybody tryin' to be what I was then
I was country when country wasn't cool

*Chorus*
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Oooh, I was country when country wasn't cool
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I was country from my hat down to my boots
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I still act and look the same 
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what ya see ain't nothin' new
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I was country when country wasn't cool

*Guitar Solo*

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They called us country bumkins for stickin' to our roots
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I'm just glad we're in a country where we're all free to choose
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I was country when country wasn't cool

*Chorus (w/ George Jones)

Hey, I was country when country wasn't cool
yeah and I was country from my hat down to oh my boots
I still act and look the same 
what ya see ain't nothin' new
Cause I was country when country wasn't cool
Yeah, I was country when country wasn't cool