I grew up on County Road 220 Southwest In a lower middle class house Not too many neighbors around Daddy worked for the county crew And Momma worked for the paper at the Daily News On Main Street up in town The Red White and Blue flew in our front yard And a good dog slept in a kennel out by the barn Man if that ain't country Well I don't know what is And man you might think it's funny But that's how we lived We didn't have a lot But always had enough Back when I was a kid And man if that ain't country Well I don't know what is Summer time it was fishin' creeks 5 gallon buckets of snipped green beans Down window screen on every screen door And winter time when it got cold We kept warm with a burnin' stove Wood stacked up as tall as me on the front porch The Red White and Blue flew in our front yard And a good dog slept in a kennel out by the barn Man if that ain't country Well I don't know what is And man you might think it's funny But that's how we lived We didn't have a lot But always had enough Back when I was a kid And man if that ain't country Well I don't know what is Well I don't know what is The Red White and Blue still flies in that front yard And a damn good dog's buried back behind that barn Man if that ain't country Well I don't know what is And man you might think it's funny But that's how we lived We didn't have a lot But always had enough Back when I was a kid And man if that ain't country Well I don't know what is Well I don't know what is I grew up on County Road 220 Southwest In a lower middle class house Not too many neighbors around