Yeah Whoo ♪ If I was runnin' this country I'd build a big ol' bar With a stage for a singer and a fiddle and a steel guitar If I was ruling this roost I'd use an iron fist You wouldn't hear one lick of that tailgate, drum-loop shit It'd be nothing but Cash Haggard, Waylon and Willie We'd be the honky-tonk party If I was runnin' this country ♪ If I was runnin' this country I'd go back in time Between 1953 and '79 There'd be a Man in Black An Okie from Muskogee And Hank Williams in back of a big ol' Cadillac A Buck Owens and a Lefty A Bob Wills and a Patsy We'd be the honky-tonk party If I was runnin' this country They'd never vote me in But buddy, if they did I'd be the first ever rhinestone suit-wearin' president And I could play the part on this old guitar Call it the honky-tonk party If I was runnin' this country Wooh-hoo ♪ If I was runnin' this country I'd change a thing or two I'd start that national anthem with a little bit of working man blues There'd only be one law You'd have to be an outlaw I'd make my Oval Office outta any ol' hole in wall No tax on beer Free government whiskey We'd need a jukebox junkie To start runnin' this country They'd never vote me in But buddy, if they did I'd be the first ever rhinestone suit-wearin' president And I can play the part on this old guitar Call it the honky-tonk party If I was runnin' this country We'd be the honky-tonk party If I was runnin' this country If I was runnin' this country