When I die, I want to come back as a country boy No, there ain't no better life if you ask me If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be My back is always breaking, my dogs are always barking My money has trouble making and my truck has trouble starting I'm up before the sun, either hauling hay or hunting My work ain't ever done, but son, I wouldn't trade it for nothing So when I die, I want to come back as a country boy No, there ain't no better life if you ask me If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be Yeah, if y'all ain't in the draw and the fish ain't on my wall And the whiskey don't burn going down My feet ain't in a holler and blue ain't on my collar Leave my hand cranking, beer drinking, ash in the ground Yeah, when I die, I want to come back as a country boy No, there ain't no better life if you ask me If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be When I die, I want to come back as a country boy Live on this land like my old man did before me I don't want to be born into money Where the boots don't ever get muddy Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be Yeah, when I die, I want to come back as a country boy No, there ain't no better life if you ask me If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be Yeah, a country boy's all that I know how to be Oh, oh, oh