I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

I remember wearing straight leg Levis
Flannel shirts even when they weren't in style
I remember singing with Roy Rogers
At the movies when the West was really wild

And I was listening to the Opry
When all of my friends
Were digging Rock 'n' Roll and Rhythm and Blues
I was country, when country wasn't cool

I remember circling the drive-in
Pulling up and turning down George Jones
I remember when no one was looking
I was putting peanuts in my Coke

I took a lot of kidding
'Cause I never did fit in
Now look at everybody
Trying to be what I was then

I was country, when country wasn't cool
Ooh

I was country, when country wasn't cool
I was country, from my hat down to my boots
I still act, and look the same
What you see ain't nothing new

I was country, when country wasn't cool

They call us country bumpkins
For sticking to our roots
I'm just glad we're in a country
Where we're all free to choose

I was country, when country wasn't cool

Hey, I was country, when country wasn't cool
Yeah, I was country, from my hat down to, whoa my boots
I still act, and look the same
What you see ain't nothing new

Yeah, I was country when country wasn't cool