Songwriter: Johnny Cash
Producer: Rick Rubin
[Verse 1]
Country boy ain't got no shoes
Country boy ain't got no blues
Well, you work all day while you're wanting to play
In the sun and the sand with a face that's tan
At the end of the day when your work is done
You ain't got nothing but fun
[Chorus]
Country boy ain't got no ills
Country boy, you don't owe no bills
[Verse 2]
You get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm
While you put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook
If everything's gonna turn out right
You're gonna fry fish tonight
[Chorus]
Country boy, got a lot to lose
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes
[Verse 3]
Country boy got a shaggy dog
Country boy up a holler log
Well, he comes in a run when you pick up your gun
And with a shell or two and your dog and you
When you get your rabbit you'll skin his hide
He's gonna be good fried
[Chorus]
Country boy, you got a lot to lose
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes
[Verse 4]
Country boy, you got work to do
Country boy in the morning dew
You gotta plant the seed, you gotta cut the weeds
There's many a row you know you gotta hoe
When it's quittin' time and your work is through
There's a lot of life in you
[Chorus 3]
Country boy, you're lucky free
Country boy, I wish I was you and you was me
Country boy ain't got no shoes
Country boy ain't got no blues
Well, you work all day while you're wanting to play
In the sun and the sand with a face that's tan
At the end of the day when your work is done
You ain't got nothing but fun
[Chorus]
Country boy ain't got no ills
Country boy, you don't owe no bills
[Verse 2]
You get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm
While you put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook
If everything's gonna turn out right
You're gonna fry fish tonight
[Chorus]
Country boy, got a lot to lose
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes
[Verse 3]
Country boy got a shaggy dog
Country boy up a holler log
Well, he comes in a run when you pick up your gun
And with a shell or two and your dog and you
When you get your rabbit you'll skin his hide
He's gonna be good fried
[Chorus]
Country boy, you got a lot to lose
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes
[Verse 4]
Country boy, you got work to do
Country boy in the morning dew
You gotta plant the seed, you gotta cut the weeds
There's many a row you know you gotta hoe
When it's quittin' time and your work is through
There's a lot of life in you
[Chorus 3]
Country boy, you're lucky free
Country boy, I wish I was you and you was me
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- I Won’t Back Down
- Heart of Gold
- Further On (Up the Road)
- I Hung My Head
- Rusty Cage
- It Ain’t Me Babe
- Wanted Man
- In My Life
- Redemption Day
- Desperado
- Highway Patrolman
- I’m a Drifter
- I’m on Fire
- The Running Kind
- Forever Young
- I’m a Drifter (Version 2)
- It Ain’t Me, Babe (Dylan 30th Anniversary)
- Country Boy (Unchained version)
- I Feel Better All Over
- Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind
- No Expectations
- One Too Many Mornings
- I Saw the Light