Now I know how Merle Haggard felt
when he sang the words mama tried
And I've lived those teenage Friday nights
With a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
And that summer Becky broke my heart
Alabama sang old flame burnin'
Well I've danced with George Strait
Drank with George Jones
My life's been a country song
It's all about fallin' down and gettin' back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Workin' all week for a back ache
Raisin' cane, Friday nights,
Sunday church to set it right
They can write it on my stone,
My life's been a country song
Now I know how Paycheck felt
When he told his boss he can take his job and shove it
And I've had the girl that made me say
'I like it, I love it, I want some more of it'
And I'll always remember just where I was
When the world stopped turnin'
Through the good and the bad,
The right and the wrong
My life's been a country song
It's all about fallin' down and gettin' back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Workin' all week for a back ache
Raisin' cane, Friday nights,
Sunday church to set it right
They can write it on my stone,
My life's been a country song
It's been the words when I couldn't find 'em
A friend when I've been alone
It's been the toast to things remembered, the strength for movin on
It's all about fallin' down and gettin' back up
Your good times and hard luck
True love and amazing grace
Workin' all week for a back ache
Raisin' cane, Friday nights,
Sunday church to set it right
They can write it on my stone,
My life's been a country song
Oh my life's been a country song