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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I stumbled on a preacher Sunday morning,  All decked out and made up on TV,
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Asking for some money from God's people,  Talking all that high theology,
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Well I might be just an old blue collar,  And there's things about the Lord that I don't know,
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But I bet he never had a million dollars,  Or wore a lot of stylish fancy clothes.
N.C.

[Chorus] 
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'Cause Jesus was a country boy,
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Walking down a dirt road with everything that he owned,  He never met a stranger,
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Born in a barn underneath the stars,  His Mama laid him in a manger,
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Swimming in the river,  Fishing for his dinner,  Living with the sinners like me . . .
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Makes,  Me, Think,               Jesus was a country boy.

[Verse 2]
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My Daddy never cared much for religion,  And my Mama worried a lot about his soul,
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She'd hit her knees and pray for him on Sunday,  While Daddy hit his favorite fishing hole,
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You see Daddy was a rebel and a rambler,  But I always knew he loved my Mama so,
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I never doubted he'd make it to heaven,  'Cause it ain't who you are it's who you know.
N.C.
      ' And Daddy knew '

[Chorus]
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That Jesus was a country boy,
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Walking down a dirt road with everything that he owned,  He never met a stranger,
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Born in a barn underneath the stars,  His Mama laid him in a manger,
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Swimming in the river, fishing for his dinner,  Living with the sinners like me . . .
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Makes,  Me, Think,                  Jesus was a country boy.

[Outro]
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Oh yes and  I    be   lieve . . . .           That Jesus was a country boy.