I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

I remember wearin' straight-leg Levi's

Flannel shirts, even when they weren't in style

I remember singin' with Roy Rogers

At the movies when the West was really wild

I was listenin' to the Opry

When all of my friends

Were diggin' rock 'n roll and rhythm and blues

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

Ooh, ooh

I was country when country wasn't cool

I was country from my hat down to my boots

I still act and look the same

What you see ain't nothin' new

I was country when country wasn't cool

They called us country bumpkins

For stickin' to our roots

I'm just glad we're in a country

Where we're all free to choose

I was country when country wasn't cool (I was country)

Hey, I was country when country wasn't cool

Yeah, I was country, from my hat down to, oh, my boots

I still act and look the same

What you see ain't nothin' new

'Cause I was country when country wasn't cool

Yeah, I was country when country wasn't cool