Dear Country Music

Country music nowadays

It ain’t my favorite type

Well I rather see my heroes

Play and sing all night

And I was born too late

So I guess I’ll settle for this

But play me a Hank song

And I’ll try to imagine it

Dear country music

I just want you to know

When you censor a heart

You only get back half his soul

And I’m sorry ‘cause I don’t hate it

I just hate the pony show

I think it’s all time we step back

And listen to a song Hank Williams wrote

I’m not saying

That things should never change

And I know it’s always different

With every single age

I want an honest song

Some three chords and the truth

Is that too much to ask

Or am I just a burden to you?

Dear country music

I wanted you to know

When you censor a heart

You only get back half his soul

And I’m sorry ‘cause I don’t hate it

But I hate the pony show

I think it’s all time we step back

And listen to a song Merle Haggard wrote

Now I’m not saying there’s people out there that are doing it right

This song’s not about the music

It’s about the spotlight

So dear country music

I just thought you should know

When you censor a heart

You only get back half his soul

And I’m sorry ‘cause I hate it

And I hate the pony show

I think it’s all time we step back

And listen to a song our heroes wrote