Story Behind The Song
A song about being country.
Song Description
Boy learns value of old family.
| Song Length |
2:18 |
Genre |
Country - Bluegrass, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Fast (151 - 170) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Welcoming, Pleasant |
Subject |
Happiness, Pride |
| Similar Artists |
Tom T Hall, The Charlie Daniels Band |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
CAN'T TAKE THE COUNTRY
W: Larry M Clark, BMI P: ELLEMSEE MUSIC, BMI #16469990 larrymyrtus@yahoo.com
VERSE 1
When I was just a little boy
sittin' on my Father's knee
He'd tell me 'bout my country kin
and all our family tree....and he'd say
CHORUS
You can take the pencils out of Pennsylvania,
You can take the tennis out of Tennessee
You can take the carols out of Carolina,
But you can't take the country out of me
VERSE 2
And when I reached my teenaged years,
smarter then my old man
Ashamed of all his country ways,
he'd bring me down again....when he'd say
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
It took me many years to understand what he was sayin'
A man who's a man won't turn his back on his country raisin'
VERSE 3
Now I'm the Father of a son
and proud as I can be
When I tell him that old adage
that my Father told to me....When he'd say
REPEAT CHORUS