Thank god i'm a country boy - John Denver

[03:08.0]Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
[03:08.0]Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
[03:08.0]It's early to rise, early in the sack
[03:08.0]I thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
[03:08.0]A raisin' me a family and workin' on the farm
[03:08.0]My days are all filled with an easy country charm
[03:08.0]Thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
[03:08.0]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[03:08.0]And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
[03:08.0]Thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
[03:08.0]I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow
[03:08.0]The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
[03:08.0]Thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]I'd play Sally Goodin all day if I could
[03:08.0]But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
[03:08.0]So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should
[03:08.0]Thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
[03:08.0]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[03:08.0]Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
[03:08.0]Thank God I'm a country boy, woo
[03:08.0]Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
[03:08.0]I never was one of them money hungry fools
[03:08.0]I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
[03:08.0]Thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
[03:08.0]A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
[03:08.0]Well, son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
[03:08.0]I thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
[03:08.0]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[03:08.0]And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
[03:08.0]Thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]Well, my fiddle was my daddy's 'til the day he died
[03:08.0]And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side
[03:08.0]Said, "live a good life, play my fiddle with pride
[03:08.0]And thank God you're a country boy"
[03:08.0]Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
[03:08.0]Taught me how to work to play a tune on the fiddle
[03:08.0]He taught me how to love and how to give just a little
[03:08.0]And thank God I'm a country boy
[03:08.0]Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ol' fiddle
[03:08.0]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
[03:08.0]Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
[03:08.0]Woo, thank God I'm a country boy, yes