California Okie
I'm a first-generation, genuine California Okie
Born in Barstow, raised in Bakersfield
My Ma and Pa were orphans of the Oklahoma dust bowl
I was born in the back of a rusty Oldsmobile
My Daddy followed his dream West and when we laid his soul to rest
I know he finally found that promised land
And now I am a working man and with the help of the good Lord's hand
My kids will have what daddy never had
I'm a first-generation, genuine California Okie
Born in Barstow, raised in Bakersfield
My Ma and Pa were orphans of the Oklahoma dust bowl
I was born in the back of a rusty Oldsmobile
Well, I like Jimmy Rodgers songs, corn bread, beans and honky tonks
I like the smell of a new mowed field of hay
This valley's in my blood and bones the sand walking where I call home
Where I belong is where I'm gonna stay
I'm a first-generation, genuine California Okie
Born in Barstow, raised in Bakersfield
My Ma and Pa were orphans of the Oklahoma dust bowl
I was born in the back of a rusty Oldsmobile
I'm a born and bred, cornbread-feed California Okie
Born in Barstow, raised in Bakersfield
My Ma and Pa were orphans of the Oklahoma dust bowl
I was born in the back of a rusty Oldsmobile
My Daddy followed his dream West and when we laid his soul to rest
I know he finally found that promised land
And now I am a working man and with the help of the good Lord's hand
My kids will have what daddy never had
I'm a first-generation, genuine California Okie
Born in Barstow, raised in Bakersfield
My Ma and Pa were orphans of the Oklahoma dust bowl
I was born in the back of a rusty Oldsmobile
Well, I like Jimmy Rodgers songs, corn bread, beans and honky tonks
I like the smell of a new mowed field of hay
This valley's in my blood and bones the sand walking where I call home
Where I belong is where I'm gonna stay
I'm a first-generation, genuine California Okie
Born in Barstow, raised in Bakersfield
My Ma and Pa were orphans of the Oklahoma dust bowl
I was born in the back of a rusty Oldsmobile
I'm a born and bred, cornbread-feed California Okie
Credits
Writer(s): Robert John Jones
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Bakersfield Gold: Top 10 Hits 1959–1974
- Act Naturally
- (It's A) Monsters' Holiday
- Tall Dark Stranger (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 2, 1969)
- The Bakersfield Country Sound of Buck Owens
- Country Buck
- The Capitol Singles & Albums 1957-62
- Buck - Hit After Hit
- The Complete Capitol Singles: 1971–1975
- Best of: The Warner Years
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