If That Ain't Country-David Allan Coe

[ti:If That Ain't Country] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:David Allan Coe 17 Greatest Hi] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]If That Ain't Country - David Allan Coe [00:04.65]The old man was covered with tattoos and scars [00:07.15] [00:07.71]He got some in prison and others in bars [00:09.90] [00:11.09]The rest he got workin' on old junk cars in the daytime [00:14.80] [00:16.98]They looked like tombstones in our yard [00:19.42]And I never seen him when he wasn't tired and mean [00:22.67] [00:25.17]He sold used parts to make ends meet [00:28.54]Covered with grease from his head to his feet [00:31.10]Cussin' the sweat and the Texas heat and mosquiters [00:34.60] [00:36.60]And the neighbors said we lived like hicks [00:38.60] [00:39.29]But they brung their cars for pa to fix anyhow [00:42.54] [00:44.29]He was veteran-proud tried and true [00:46.47] [00:47.04]He'd fought till his heart was black and blue [00:49.29] [00:50.60]Didn't know how he'd made it through the hard times [00:53.79] [00:55.35]He bought our house on the GI Bill [00:57.60] [00:58.41]But it wasn't worth all he had to k**l to git it [01:01.10] [01:02.98]He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black [01:05.54] [01:06.16]Chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack [01:08.35] [01:08.91]Had an old dog that was trained to attack sometimes [01:13.08] [01:14.14]He'd get drunk and mean as a rattlesnake [01:16.57]And there wasn't too much that he would take from a stranger [01:20.25] [01:21.64]There were thirteen kids and a bunch of dogs [01:24.75]A house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs [01:27.13] [01:27.69]I spent the summertime cuttin' up logs for the winter [01:30.51] [01:32.69]Tryin' like the devil to find the Lord [01:35.13]Workin' like a n****r for my room and board [01:37.51] [01:38.06]Coal-burin' stove no natural gas if that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [01:42.81] [01:44.88]If that ain't country it'll hairlip the pope [01:48.40] [01:50.08]If that ain't country it's a damn good joke [01:53.77] [01:55.08]I've seen the Grand Ole Opry and I've met Johnny Cash [02:02.10]If that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [02:05.53] [02:18.49]Mama sells eggs at a grocery store [02:20.55] [02:21.11]My oldest sister is a first-rate whore [02:23.19] [02:24.06]Dad says she can't come home anymore and he means it [02:27.61] [02:29.12]Ma just sits and keeps her silence [02:31.56]Sister she left cause dad got violent and he knows it [02:35.12] [02:36.93]Mama she's old far beyond her time [02:38.87] [02:39.43]From chopping tobacco and I've seen her cryin' [02:41.81] [02:42.74]When blood started flowin' from her calloused hand and it hurt me [02:46.24] [02:47.37]She'd just keep workin' tryin' to help the old man [02:49.94]To the end of one row and back again like always [02:53.44] [02:55.00]She's been through hell since junior went to jail [02:57.81]When the lights go out she ain't never failed [03:00.12] [03:00.68]To get down on her knees and pray because she loves him [03:03.94] [03:05.87]Told all the neighbors he was off in the war [03:08.35]Fightin' for freedom he's good to the core and she's proud [03:11.91] [03:13.29]Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles [03:16.11]At the end of the porch there was four stacks of wheels [03:19.23]And tires for sale for a dollar or two cash [03:22.74] [03:23.36]There was fifty holes in an old tin roof [03:26.75]Me and my family we was livin' proof [03:29.38]The people who forgot about poor white trash [03:32.00]And if that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [03:34.42] [03:36.11]If that ain't country it'll hairlip the pope [03:39.74] [03:41.23]If that ain't country it's a damn good joke [03:44.79] [03:46.10]I've seen the Grand Ole Opry and I've met Johnny Cash [03:52.41] [03:53.11]If that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [03:57.04] [03:58.41]I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes concerning the great speckled bird [04:07.73] [04:08.60]I didn't know God made H***y tonk angels and went back to the wild side of life