Take This Country Back

They used to be rough and rowdy

And honky-tonk all night long

When the Opry spilled out in the alley

There wasn't nobody goin' home

When they turned out the lights at Tootsie's

To wind up at Cowboy Jack's

We've got to take this country back

We've got to take this country back

We need a few more matchin' Nudie suits

And silver dollar Cadillacs

There's one too many dime store cowboys

Muscled up in a cowboy hat

We've got to take this country back

Nobody wants to be Hank Williams

Sing about the lost highway

Well, Saturday nights at the Ryman

Those were the good ol' days

We need to turn the twang up a little

And bring back the Nashville Cats

We've got to take this country back

We've got to take this country back

We need a few more pointy toed cowboy boots

And steer horn Cadillacs

There's one too many dime store cowboys

Muscled up in a cowboy hat

We've got to take this country back

We've got to take this country back

We need a few more matchin' Nudie suits

And silver dollar Cadillacs

When we all gather up in Heaven

How we gonna face the man in black?

We got to take this country back

Yeah, when we all gather up in Heaven

How we gonna face the man in black?

We got to take this country back