I was raised in the country that's a natural fact Food on the table from the garden out back Everyone working to make the land their own Red clay crackin' where the silver queen grows
Runnin' with your cousins from yard to yard Livin' was easy but the playin' was hard Didn't have much nothing comes for free All you needed was your family
Chorus I am a country girl I've been around the world And every place I've been Ain't quite nothin' like Livin' in the south Oh, honey, shut your mouth I am a country girl I am a country girl
Biscuits in the morning and gravy too Fried chicken in the afternoon Jaw draggin' eatin' sweet potato pie Takin' half an hour to say goodbye Blackberry patches, scuppernong vines Sweet Georgia peaches and dandelion wine The best kind of food is made by hand The only place to get it is from the land
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All day I dream about a place in the sun Kinda like where I'm from With the tall grass blowin' in the breeze Runnin' barefoot round the tall oak trees
All day I dream about a place I've been A place where the skin I'm in Feels like its supposed to be And anyone around who looks at me says
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Livin in the south Oh, honey, shut your mouth
I was born in the country that's a natural fact On these long city days I wanta look back See tobacco fields a row after row Red clay a crackin' where the silver queen grows