I got my first guitar when I was just a boy, I was playing the blues instead of playing with toys. Listening to the opera and dreaming of the neon lights. So it was late to bed and early to rise. I worked the field all day and the crowd all night, my finger on the trigger, and Nashville in my sights. I'm a real man, I sing songs about real life. And I never heard a fetal caught a violin, never really worried if I'd fit in. The country ain't what I sing, it's what I am. This hat ain't something I wear for style, these boots have been around a while. The country ain't what I sing, it's what I am. I learned to drive on the red, dirty road, used to cruise the strip on the rock and roll. Drove around on the miles and miles of Texas. And as I grew, daddy showed me how to earn a living by the sweat of my brow. But he never made me follow in his steps. He said, work hard and let the good Lord do the rest. And I never heard a fetal caught a violin, never really worried if I'd fit in. The country ain't what I sing, it's what I am. This truck ain't something I drive for style, these boots have been around a while. The country ain't what I sing, it's what I am. And I never heard a fetal caught a violin, never really worried if I'd fit in. The country ain't what I sing, it's what I am. This hat ain't something I wear for style, these boots have been around a while. The country ain't what I sing, it's what I am.