Some think you gotta be born and raised in Dixie
Better if you're somehow Hank's long lost family
Oh my blood sure's closer to the gypsies
But my heart, my heart yearns for Country
I guess it's something you find when you're down and out
Between an empty bottle and a dead end sign
Country is a place you come to to ease your mind
It's a place you come to to ease your mind
It's not just trucks and beer and whisky
More than any bumper sticker can read
It's codeine and twang and love and wild stories
A piece of American dream for the lonely
And Lord knows I got a worried mind
That only finds rest in a Dwight Yoakam rhyme
That never really felt anywhere at home
That only finds peace in a Guy Clark line
That's why I always have Country on my mind
That's why I always have Country on my mind
I guess it's something you find when you're down and out
Between an empty bottle and a dead end sign
Country is a place you come to to ease your mind
It's a place you come to to ease your mind
And that's why I always have Country on my mind
That's why I always have Country on my mind