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[Verse 1]
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I remember wearing straight leg Levis and flannel shirts
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Even when they weren't in style
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I remember singing with Roy Rogers at the movies
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When the West was really wild
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And I was listening to Opry
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When all of my friends were digging
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Rock 'n Roll and Rhythm & Blues
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Cause I was country, when country wasn't cool.

[Verse 2]
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I remember circling the drive-in, pulling up
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And turning down George Jones
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I remember when no one was looking
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I was putting peanuts in my Coke
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I took a lot of kidding
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Cause I never did fit in
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Now look at everybody trying to be what I was then
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I was country, when country wasn't cool. Oooh
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I was country, when country wasn't cool yeah

[Bridge 1]

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

[Chorus 1]

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

[Bridge 2]

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

[Coda]
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Cause I was country, when country wasn't cool.
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Yeah, I was Country when Country wasn't cool.