If I was a running this country,
I'd start it over from scratch,
Keep what's good pile up what's bad,
And then I'd strike the match,
Yeah we go back to the basics,
Of how things ought to be,
Yeah there'd be a line of changes,
If it was left up to me,
Cause what this country needs,
Is a little more steel guitar,
And put a little fiddle right in the middle,
Straight out of a Texas bar,
And give us a song we can all sing along,
From sea to shining sea,
Yeah be proud of it and always love it,
That's what this country needs,
(verse 2)
Now if you want to hear about living
Just twist that radio dial
You come to a singer singing what life's all about
But you can't deny that people still cry
They laugh and they smile and they hurt
That's my humble opinion y'all
you can take it for what it's worth
Cause what this country needs,
Is a little more steel guitar,
And put a little fiddle right in the middle,
Straight out of a Texas bar,
And give us a song we can all sing along,
From sea to shining sea,
Yeah be proud of it and always love it,
That's what this country needs,
(Bridie)
Yeah turn it on up and let it ring out
Across the land of the free
They ought to build a statue to Hank Williams Sr,
And watch it change the scenery,
Cause what this country needs,
Is a little more steel guitar
Yea put a sawing fiddle right square in the middle,
Straight out of a Texas bar,
And y'all give us a song that we all can sing,
From sea to shining sea,
Yeah be proud of it and always love it,
That's what this country needs,