A Country Song Lyrics - Singles - Steve Earle

A country song left the farm 

As the young man marched to war 

Became a sound heard clear around the world 

From a lonely soldier's guitar 

Who had never been so far before 

For mom and dad and a special little girl 

And cutting through the quiet like a whistle in the night 

A train of memories and even city boys could ride 

Chorus: 

Mountain high, valley low 

Proud and strong, a country song 

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Meanwhile cross the water 

The mothers and the daughters 

Were working in the defense factories 

All up and down the line 

The machines and women whined 

A country song as blue as the sea 

That stretched so far between 

Like the prayers and the dreams 

Of the men who where fighting to keep their country free 

Chorus 

Though it seemed to take forever 

They were finally back together 

And the young men took a restless look around 

'cause it seemed the world unfolded 

And the land just couldn't hold 'em 

So they headed for the cities and the towns 

They could feel the homefires glow 

As they gathered around the radio 

To hear the grand old opry as the weekend rolled around 

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Chorus 

There's a kid out on the highway 

Who says he's got some dues to pay 

So he set out with a guitar and a dream 

He don't look much like a cowboy 

But he swears he's gonna make some noise 

Change a tune or two in tennessee 

Though his hands had never worked the land 

His granddad was a railroad man 

He sang him jimmie rodgers songs as he sat upon his knee 

Chorus x 2