Thank God I'm a Country Boy Lyrics

Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
I thank God I'm a country boy

Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife, I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
And life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
I pull out the fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy

I'd play, Sally Goodin' all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can an' I work when I should
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy, ooo

Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank God I'm a country boy

Yea, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
Well son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
I thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's, till the day he died
And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side
Said, "Live a good life, play my fiddle with pride
An' thank God you're a country boy"

Well my daddy taught me young
How to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work, to play a tune on the fiddle
He taught me how to love an' how to give just a little
An' thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife I got me ol' fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Ooo, thank God I'm a country boy, yes

John Denver - The Rocky Mountain Collection

Apr 1996

1. Friends With You
2. Sweet Surrender
3. Windsong
4. Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
5. Flying For Me
6. Leaving, On a Jet Plane
7. Rhymes & Reasons
8. Follow Me
9. Aspenglow
10. Sunshine on My Shoulders
11. My Sweet Lady
12. Take Me Home, Country Roads
13. Poems, Prayers and Promises
14. Eagle and the Hawk
15. Starwood in Aspen
16. Goodbye Again
17. Rocky Mountain High
18. I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
19. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)
20. Back Home Again
21. Annie's Song
22. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
23. This Old Guitar
24. Fly Away
25. Looking for Space
26. Calypso
27. I'm Sorry
28. Like a Sad Song
29. How Can I Leave You Again
30. Thirsty Boots
31. It Amazes Me
32. I Want to Live
33. Autograph
34. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stones)
35. Seasons of the Heart
36. Shanghai Breezes
37. Perhaps Love
38. Wild Montana Skies
39. Love Again