a country boy can survive lyrics

[Verse 1]

The preacher man says it's the end of time

And the Mississippi River she's a goin' dry

The interest is up and the stock market's down

And you only get mugged if you go downtown

I live back in the woods, you see

My woman and the kids, and the dogs, and me

I got a shotgun, a rifle and a 4-wheel drive

And a country boy can survive, country folks can survive

I can plow a field all day long

I can catch catfish from dusk 'til dawn

We make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too

Ain't too many things these old boys can't do

We grow good old tomatoes and homemade wine

And a country boy can survive, country folks can survive

[Chorus 1]

Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run

'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns

And we say grace and we say Ma'am

If you ain't into that we don't give a damn

We came from the West Virginia coal mines

And the Rocky Mountains and the western skies

And we can skin a buck, we can run a trotline

And a country boy can survive, country folks can survive

[Verse 2]

I had a good friend in New York City

He never called me by my name, just "hillbilly"

My grandpa taught me how to live off the land

And his taught him to be a businessman

He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights

And I'd send him some homemade wine

But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife

For 43 dollars my friend lost his life

I'd love to spit some beech nut in that dude's eyes, and shoot him with my old 45

'Cause a country boy can survive, country folks can survive

[Chorus 2]

'Cause you can't starve us out and you can't make us run

'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns

And we say grace and we say Ma'am

And if you ain't into that we don't give a damn

We're from North California and south Alabama

And little towns all around this land

And we can skin a buck, and run a trotline

And a country boy can survive, country folks can survive

[Outro]

A country boy can survive

Country folks can survive

• Artist:Hank Williams Jr.