Wouldn't Be A Country Boy

If daddy woulda took that job
Moved us on into the city
If mama didn't love magnolias
Didn't want to leave a view that pretty
Well, I don't think I'd sound the same
Standing here talking to you
I might have this old shirt tucked in
But I wouldn't have on these boots

Wouldn't know all about red dirt living
Reelin' 'em in on some old stren line
Wouldn't know all about what I've been missing
If I didn't see it with my own eyes
If I didn't grow up where the sun goes down
Miles away from all that noise
Ah, it would be been a shame
Coulda been a lot of things
But I wouldn't be a country boy
Country boy

I still woulda chased the girls
Try to steal a few midnight kisses
But it would've been under them city lights
Not under these stars by the river
And I mighta went a little more rock and roll
When I picked up my guitar
Thank God I was diggin' on some old Alabama
Or I never woulda made it this far

Wouldn't know all about red dirt living
Reelin' 'em in on some old line stren line
Wouldn't know all about what I've been missing
If I didn't see it with my own eyes
If I didn't grow up where the sun goes down
Miles away from all that noise
Oh, it would be been a shame
Coulda been a lot of things
But I wouldn't be a country boy
Country boy

Still woulda tore up a few good Friday nights (Friday nights)
Yeah, might've found a hole in the wall, little dive with some neon lights
I was tipping that shine from a twist top jar
The light of a fire by a back road barn
Well, thank God that daddy didn't sell the farm

Wouldn't know all about red dirt living
Reelin' 'em in on some old stren line
Wouldn't know all about what I've been missing
If I didn't see if with my own eyes
If I didn't grow up where the sun goes down
Miles away from all that noise
Oh, it would be been a shame
Coulda been a lot of things
But I wouldn't be a country boy

Oh, it would be been a shame
Coulda been a lot of things
But I wouldn't be a country boy, country boy
I wouldn't be a country boy, no, no