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[Intro]

          

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[Verse]
             
        The pr

              
eacher man say

           
s it's the end

 of time
              
        And th

             
e Mississippi 

              
River she's a 


goin' dry
             
        The in

              
terest is up a

       
nd the stock m

arket's down
              
        And yo

             
u only get mug

           
ged if you go 

down town

             
        I live

             
 back in the w


oods you see
             
        My wom

              
an and the kid

          
s and the dogs

 and me
              
        I got 

             
a shotgun, a r

           
ifle and a fou

r wheel drive
              
        And a 

           
country boy ca

     
n survive
             
        Countr

             
y folks can su

 
rvive

             
        I can 

             
plow a field a


ll day long
              
        I can 

             
catch catfish 

     
from dusk till

 dawn
             
        We mak

              
e our own whis

            
key and our ow


n smoke too
              
        Ain't 

             
too many thing

            
s these ole bo

ys can't do
              
        We gro

             
w good ole tom

          
atoes and home

made wine
              
        And a 

           
country boy ca

     
n survive
             
        Countr

             
y folks can su

 
rvive

[Chorus]
              
        Becaus

             
e you can't st

              
arve us out an

      
d you can't ma

ke us run
              
        Cause 

             
when them ole 

           
boy raised on 

shotgun
             
        We say

           
 grace and we 

say ma'am
              
        If you

             
 ain't into th

             
at we don't gi

            (
ve a damn

[Verse]
             
        We cam

              
e from the Wes

      
t Virginia coa

l mines
              
        And th

             
e Rocky Mounta

            
ins and the We

stern Skies
             
        And we

              
 can skin a bu

           
ck, we can run

 a trot line
              
        And a 

           
country boy ca

     
n survive
             
        Countr

             
y folks can su

 
rvive

             
        I had 

              
a good friend 

   
in New York Ci

ty
             
        He nev

              
er called me b

           
y my name, jus

t HillBilly
             
        My Gra

              
ndpa taught me

        
 how to live o

ff the land
             
        And hi

              
s taught him t

       
o be a busines

s man

              
        He use

             
d to send me p

              
ictures of the

 
 Broadway Nigh

t
             
        And I'

              
d send him som

  
e homemade win

e
              
        But he

             
 was killed by

              
 a man with a 


switch blade k

nife
             
        For fo

              
rty three doll

        
ars my friend 

lost his life

             
        I'd lo

              
ve to spit som

              
e Beechnut in 


that dude's ey

e
              
        And to

             
 shoot him wit

         
h my ole 45
              
        Cause 

             
a country boy 

     
can survive
             
        Countr

             
y folks can su

 
rvive

[Chorus]
              
        Becaus

             
e you can't st

              
arve us out an

      
d you can't ma

ke us run
              
        Cause 

             
when them ole 

           
boy raised on 

shotgun
             
        We say

           
 grace and we 

say ma'am
              
        If you

             
 ain't into th

       
at we don't gi

ve a damn

[Verse]
              
        We're 

             
from North Cal

            
ifornia and So


uth Alabam
             
        And li

              
ttle towns all

  
 around this l

and
             
        And we

              
 can skin a bu

       
ck and run a t

rot line
              
        And a 

           
country boy ca

     
n survive
             
        Countr

           
y folks can su

 
rvive
           
        A coun

             
try boy can su

 
rvive
             
        Countr

           
y folks can su

          
rvive.........

      
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