Thank God I'm a Country Boy - Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974

Well life on the farm is kinda laid back

Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack

It's early to rise, early in the sack

Thank God, I'm a country boy

Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm

A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm

My days are all filled with an easy country charm

Thank God, I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle

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

Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle

Thank God, I'm a country boy

When the work's all done, and the sun's settin' low

I pull out my fiddle, and I rosin up the bow

The kids are asleep, so I keep it kinda low

And thank God, I'm a country boy

I'd play "Sally Goodin" all day if I could

But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good

So I fiddle when I can, work when I should

And thank God, I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle

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

Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle

Thank God, I'm a country boy, whoo hoo!

Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels

I never was one of them money hungry fools

Rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools

Thank God, I'm a country boy

Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine

A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a-mighty keen

Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean

Thank God, I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle

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

Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle

Thank God, I'm a country boy, yes sir!

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's 'til the day he died

And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side

Said, "Live a good life, play the fiddle with pride

And thank God you're a country boy"

Well my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle

Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle

Taught me how to love and how to give just a little

And thank God, I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle

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

Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle

Whoo! Thank God, I'm a country boy, yeah!