I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool (Live At The Roy Acuff Theater Nashville, TN, 1981)

I remember wearin' straight leg Levis

Flannel shirts even when they weren't in style

I remember singin' with Roy Rogers

At the movies when the west was really wild

I was listenin' to the Opry

When all of my friends

Were diggin' rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues

I was country when country wasn't cool

I remember circlin' the drive-in

Pullin' up and turnin' down George Jones

I remember when no one was lookin'

I was puttin' peanuts in my Coke

I took a lot of kiddin'

'Cause I never did fit in

Now look at everybody

Tryin' to be what I was then

I was country when country wasn't cool

Ooh, I was country when country wasn't cool

I was country, from my hat down to my boots

I still act, and look the same

What you see ain't nothin' new

I was country when country wasn't cool

They call us country bumpkins

For stickin' to our roots

I'm just glad we're in a country

Where we're all free to choose

I was country (I was country) when country wasn't cool

Hey, I was country when country wasn't cool

Yeah, and I was country, from my hat down to, oh, my boots

I still act, and look the same

What you see ain't nothin' new

'Cause I was country when country wasn't cool

Yeah, I was country when country wasn't cool