Mama's cookin' cornbread daddy's makin' wine Grandma's shellin' peas and baby sister's cryin' My brother's on the creek takin' fish on the line I'm choppin' firewood with my angel on my mind It's a hard earned country livin' but love makes it all feel right It's a hard earned country lovin' and I'm livin' to love her tonight [ guitar ] Her mama thinks I'm right for her her daddy thinks I ain't But the angel's on my lovin' side don't care what to thank I'm gonna see her late tonight if my old trouble crank We'll dream and love together on our secret river bank It's a hard earned country livin'... It's a hard earned country livin'... It's a hard earned country lovin' and I'm livin' to love her tonight