If That Ain't Country-David Allan Coe

[ti:If That Ain't Country] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:Rides Again] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]If That Ain't Country - David Allan Coe [00:06.35]The old man was covered with tattoos and scars [00:08.60]He got some in prison and others in bars [00:11.38] [00:12.67]The rest he got workin' on old junk cars in the daytime [00:16.17] [00:18.70]They looked like tombstones in our yard [00:21.06]And I never seen him when he wasn't tired and mean [00:24.35] [00:26.81]He sold used parts to make ends meet [00:28.66] [00:30.22]Covered with grease from his head to his feet [00:32.24] [00:32.74]Cussin' the sweat and the Texas heat and mosquiters [00:36.08] [00:38.21]And the neighbors said we lived like hicks [00:40.30] [00:40.93]But they brung their cars for pa to fix anyhow [00:43.68] [00:45.85]He was veteran-proud tried and true [00:47.89] [00:48.67]He'd fought till his heart was black and blue [00:50.79] [00:52.12]Didn't know how he'd made it through the hard times [00:55.13] [00:56.93]He bought our house on the GI Bill [00:59.21] [00:59.89]But it wasn't worth all he had to kill to git it [01:02.66] [01:04.45]He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black [01:07.03] [01:07.66]Chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack [01:09.39] [01:10.41]Had an old dog that was trained to attack sometimes [01:13.81] [01:15.64]He'd get drunk and mean as a rattlesnake [01:17.35] [01:18.00]And there wasn't too much that he would take from a stranger [01:21.27] [01:23.24]There were thirteen kids and a bunch of dogs [01:25.32] [01:26.22]A house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs [01:28.69] [01:29.23]I spent the summertime cuttin' up logs for the winter [01:31.87] [01:34.21]Tryin' like the devil to find the Lord [01:36.77]Workin' like a nigger for my room and board [01:38.73] [01:39.59]Coal-burin' stove no natural gas [01:41.21] [01:42.49]If that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [01:44.28] [01:46.27]If that ain't country it'll hairlip the pope [01:49.71] [01:51.53]If that ain't country it's a damn good joke [01:54.91] [01:56.55]I've seen the Grand Ole Opry and I've met Johnny Cash [02:02.66] [02:03.56]If that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [02:06.86] [02:20.23]Mama sells eggs at a grocery store [02:21.89] [02:22.67]My oldest sister is a first-rate whore [02:24.46] [02:25.51]Dad says she can't come home anymore and he means it [02:28.93] [02:30.48]Ma just sits and keeps her silence [02:32.95]Sister she left cause dad got violent and he knows it [02:36.22] [02:38.39]Mama she's old far beyond her time [02:40.17] [02:40.68]From chopping tobacco and I've seen her cryin' [02:43.00] [02:44.12]When blood started flowin' from [02:45.72]Her calloused hand and it hurt me [02:47.10] [02:48.74]She'd just keep workin' tryin' to help the old man [02:51.32]To the end of one row and back again like always [02:54.43] [02:56.51]She's been through hell since junior went to jail [02:59.21]When the lights go out she ain't never failed [03:01.07] [03:01.99]To get down on her knees and pray because she loves him [03:05.16] [03:07.17]Told all the neighbors he was off in the war [03:09.92]Fightin' for freedom he's good to the core and she's proud [03:12.94] [03:14.66]Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles [03:17.39]At the end of the porch there was four stacks of wheels [03:20.94]And tires for sale for a dollar or two cash [03:24.10] [03:25.36]There was fifty holes in an old tin roof [03:28.00]Me and my family we was livin' proof [03:30.13] [03:30.84]The people who forgot about poor white trash [03:32.87] [03:33.38]And if that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [03:35.45] [03:37.48]If that ain't country it'll hairlip the pope [03:40.50] [03:42.57]If that ain't country it's a damn good joke [03:45.83] [03:47.41]I've seen the Grand Ole Opry and I've met Johnny Cash [03:53.30] [03:54.25]If that ain't country I'll kiss your ass [03:57.40] [03:59.71]I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes [04:03.60] [04:05.13]Concerning the great speckled bird [04:08.75] [04:09.85]I didn't know God made H***y tonk angels and [04:14.17] [04:15.13]Went back to the wild side of life