Sunday, August 10, 2025

A Country Boy can Survive (Hank Junior)





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The Preacherman says it's the End of Time

And the Mississippi River she's a goin' dry

The Interest is up and the Stock Market's down

And you only get mugged if you go downtown


I live back in the Woods, you see


My Woman and the Kids, and the Dogs, and me


I got a Shotgun, a Rifle and a 4-Wheel Drive


And a Country Boy can survive, 
Country Folks can survive


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I can plow a Field all day long

I can catch Catfish from dusk 'til dawn

We make our own Whiskey and our own Smoke, too


Ain't too many things these old Boys can't do

We grow good old Tomatoes and homemade Wine

And a country Boy can survive, 
country Folks can survive

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Because you can't starve us out 
and you can't make us run


'Cause we're them old Boys 
raised on Shotguns


And we say grace and we say Ma'am
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn

We came from the West Virginia Coal Mines

And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies

And we can skin a Buck, 
We can run a Trotline

And a Country Boy can survive, 
Country Folks can survive

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I had a good friend in New York City


He never called me by my name, just "Hillbilly"


My Grandpa taught me how to live off the Land


And his taught him to be a Businessman


He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Nights


And I'd send him some homemade Wine


But he was killed by a Man with a Switchblade Knife


For 43 Dollars my Friend lost his Life


I'd love to spit some Beech Nut in that dude's Eyes, 


As I shoot him with my old '45


'Cause a Country Boy can survive, 
Country Folks can survive


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'Cause you can't starve us out 
and you can't make us run


'Cause we're them Old Boys 
raised on Shotguns

And we say grace and we say Ma'am


And if you ain't into that we don't give a damn


We're from North California and South Alabam'


And little Towns all around this Land


And we can skin a Buck, 
and run a Trotline


And a country Boy can survive, 
Country Folks can survive

 
A Country Boy can survive


Country Folks can survive



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