I'm Not Country Lyrics - Singles - Eric Michael Jones

Eric Michael Jones [ASCAP] 

I was born in New England 

Lived here all my life 

Got a three bedroom house in the suburbs 

With my two kids and my first wife 

Went to USC, got a degree 

I must have learned a thing or three 

But I never learned the right way 

To hang a tire swing from the old oak tree 

Im not country 

I never owned a pickup truck 

Dont drink too much or get in fights 

Never been down on my luck 

I never rode a painted pony 

Across a meadow fresh with dew 

But if Im ever born again my friend 

Thats the first thing that Ill do 

Got a picture of the Smokey Mountains 

Taped to my office wall 

Down at the local pub 

I pretend a southern drawl 

And put Johnny Cash on the jukebox 

Cause he makes my heart ache 

Staring out the window at the taxicabs 

I think God must have made some cruel mistake 

Cause Im not country 

Never plowed a field of corn 

I never rode in an eighteen-wheeler 

Or even blew the horn 

Never made love to my sweetheart 

Underneath the sky so blue 

But if Im ever born again my friend 

Gonna do that too 

Ive been to London 

Paris, Beijing and Bangkok too 

Sip martinis with the jet set in New York City 

So why am I blue? 

Because Id rather be alone on an old dirt road 

Just kickin stones 

Ive never been to West Virginia 

But to me that sounds like home 

But Im not country 

Thats just songs on the radio 

And I aint goin down to Nashville 

To some Grand ol Opry show 

Never wore a cowboy hat or boots 

Or chug-a-lugged a brew 

But youd better believe in my next life 

Thats the third, fourth and fifth thing Im gonna do 

Ill never own a pickup truck 

I dont drink too much or get in fights 

Never been down on my luck 

I never rode a painted pony 

Across a meadow fresh with dew 

But if Im ever born again my friend 

Thats the first thing that Ill do