My Sweet Melissa keeps on calling
Oh, take me home
But I hear it’s just the same as Tennessee, yeah
But they’ll never take the country outta me
Y’all would have never heard of me
You can take me outta country
Can’t go a day without Waylon Jennings
You didn’t know that I was country
But they’ll never take sweet Dixieland from me, baby
Marshall Tucker, now can’t you see?
JJ Cale and old John Prine
And the red haired stranger’s on my mind
Take a load off Annalee
They might take me out to L.A.
Well, my face might seem familiar
But you’ll never take the country outta me
Johnny Cash and Jimmy Rogers
I ain’t never been to heaven
You see me smiling on TV
Turn up Bocephus on the radio
They might take me out the country
