Thank God I'm a Country Boy

Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
Thank God I'm a country boy
He took me by the hand, held me close to his side
The sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle

He said, "Live a good life, play my fiddle with pride
Early to rise and early in the sack
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Days are all filled with an easy country charm
Yeah, I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle

Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
I thank God I'm a country boy
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle

Well, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds and jewels
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
Thank God I'm a country boy
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me a fiddle
I never was one of them money hungry fools

Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
See, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died
Yeah, the city folk drivin' in a black limousine

When the sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle
Yeah, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle

And I'd play Sally Goodin all day if I could
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up my bow
Taught me how to love, how to give just a little
People, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
I'd rather have my farm, my fiddle and tools

Thank God I'm a country boy
So I fiddle when I can, work when I should
When the work's all done and the sun's settlin' low
Thank God I'm a country boy
Thank God I'm a country boy

Thank God I'm a country boy
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
Well, the kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
And thank God you're a country boy"
A simple kinda life never did me no harm
The sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle
Raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good

When the sun's comin' up, I got cakes on the griddle