“Country Boy”
Country boy, ain’t got no blues.
Well, you work all day
While you’re wantin’ 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 nothin’ but fun.
Country boy, ain’t got no ills.
Country boy, don’t owe no bills.
Country boy, ain’t got no ills.
Country boy, don’t owe no bills.
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.
Country boy, got a lot to lose.
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes.
[Instrumental break]
Country boy, you 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.
Country boy, you got a lot to lose.
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes.
[Instrumental break]
Country boy, you got work to do.
Country boy, in the morning dew,
You gotta plant the seed,
You gotta cut the weeds.
There’s many a row,
You know you gotta hoe
When it’s quittin’ time,
And your work is through.
There’s a lot of life in you
Country boy, you lucky thing.
Country boy, I wish I was you, and you were me.
About Johnny Cash Lyrics
Artist: Johnny Cash
Related songs: Lonesome Whistle Lyrics
Album: Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
Release date: 1973
Label: Legacy Recordings
Born: February 26, 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, United States
Died: September 12, 2003, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Graduation date: 1950
Edited works: I Walk the Line: Very Best of Johnny Cash, MORE
Hall of fame inductions: February 8, 1960, 1977, 1992, 2011
Grandchildren: Jakob William Leventhal, Anna Maybelle Cash, MORE
Songwriting partners: June Carter Cash, Bob Dylan, MORE