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Country boy, ain't got no shoes,
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country boy, ain't got no blues.
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Well, you work all day while you're wantin' to play
in the sun and the sand, with a face that's tanned,
at the end of the day, when your work is done,
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you ain't got nothin' but fun.
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Country boy, ain't got no ills,
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country boy, you don't owe no bills.
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You get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm,
while you put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook.
If everything's gonna turn out right,
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you're gonna fry fish tonight.
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Country boy, got a lot to lose
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country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes.
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Country boy, you got a shaggy dog,
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country boy, up a hollow log.
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Well, he comes in a run, when you pick up your gun,
and with a shell or two, and your dog and you,
when you get your rabbit, you'll skin his hide,
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he's gonna be good fried.
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Country boy, you got a lot to lose,
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country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes.
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Country boy, you got work to do,
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country boy, in the morning dew.
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You gotta plant the seed, you gotta cut the weeds,
there's many a row you know you gotta hoe.
When it's quittin' time, and your work is through,
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there's a lot of life in you.
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Country boy, you lucky thing,
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country boy, I wish I was you, and you was me.
