Didn't Know I Was Country

Guess it was all in my head
I thought all dirt was red
"Yes Sir, Yes Ma'am" was something everyone said
You drove a Chevy or Ford
And every house had a porch
With an old bird dog sleeping by the screen

I didn't know I was a way back in the pines Friday night kid
I was just cuttin' up like my dad did
Thought every boy in the world put a ring on their high school girl
For eighteen years, I didn't know I talked funny
Didn't know we were poor, thought we had plenty of money
Thought everybody had piece of mind and a piece of land
I didn't know I was country
Thank God I am

You went to school to play ball
Cranked up some '90s McGraw
Thought everybody said grace and everyody said "y'all"
That's right y'all

I didn't know I was a way back in the pines Friday night kid
I was just cuttin' up like my dad did
Thought every boy in the world put a ring on their high school girl
For eighteen years, I didn't know I talked funny
Didn't know we were poor, thought we had plenty of money
Thought everybody had piece of mind and a piece of land
I didn't know I was country
Thank God I am

It's just the way I thought it was
You work a forty hour week for a cold beer buzz
'Til I hit them city limits, I didn't know no different

I didn't know I was a way back in the pines Friday night kid
I was just cuttin' up like my dad did
Thought every boy in the world put a ring on their high school girl
For eighteen years, I didn't know I talked funny
Didn't know we were poor, thought we had plenty of money
Thought everybody had piece of mind and a piece of land
If you come from a town like mine, you'd understand
I didn't know I was country
Thank God I am