Now I know how Merle Haggard felt when he sang the words, Mama, tryAnd I'd leave those teenage Friday nights, the pyramid of cans in the pale moonlightAnd that summer break, he broke my heart, Alabama sang, old flame burningWell, I danced with George Strait, drank with George Jones, my life's been a country songIt's all about falling down and getting back up, your good times and hard luckTrue love and amazing grace, working all week for a bad gameRaising cane, Friday nights, Sunday church, to set it rightThey can write it on my stone, my life's been a country songNow I know how Paycheck felt when he told his boss to take his job and shove itAnd I've had the girls that made me sayI like it, I love it, I want some more of itAnd I'll always remember just where I was when the world stopped turningThrough the good and the bad, the right and the wrongMy life's been a country songIt's all about falling down and getting back up, your good times and hard luckTrue love and amazing grace, working all week for a bad gameRaising cane, Friday nights, Sunday church, to set it rightThey can write it on my stone, my life's been a country songIt's been the words when I couldn't find them, a friend when I've been aloneIt's been a toast to the things rememberedStrength from moving on, it's all aboutFalling down and getting back up, your good times and hard luckTrue love and amazing grace, working all week for a bad gameRaising cane, Friday nights, Sunday church, to set it rightThey can write it on my stoneMy life's been a country songMy life's been a country songMy life's been a country song