What a sad state of affairs I'm in
Cause I'm trying to compete where I just don't fit in
Cause a country, if you call it that, from off the road
Ain't country just because I'm old enough to know that
That ain't country, that's a natural fact
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
My life ain't like that
So I'll keep listening to the old songs that my granddad used to play
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
And the ones that got away
The ones that speak to me
The way I feel today
So tell me, whatever happened to the country songs
Full of truth and consequences
All the things gone wrong
Someone came and changed it up
Made it all a lie
Like to spend a little beach
Not writing that dude's eye
Cause that ain't country
That's a natural fact
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
My life ain't like that
So I'll keep listening to the old songs
That my granddad used to play
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
And the ones that got away
The ones that speak to me
The way I feel today
Now listen here
We got wet and dry
Wailing, singing songs about a rambling man
And Junior's got a cold one in his hand
And the possum's getting drunk again, imagine that
And Charlie Daniel's playing fiddle underneath that hat
And John and June are going back and forth again
And David Alankoa's singing about his kin
And Haggard sings a song that'll save your soul
And Willie sings a song about the hearts he stole
Cause that *'s country, that's a natural fact
It's for tales of hard times and complications
Ain't life like that
So I'll keep listening to the old songs
That my granddad used to play
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
And the ones that got away
The ones that speak to me
The way I feel today
The ones that speak to me
The way I feel today
The way I feel today