Keepin’ Country Alive

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I sipped water from a hose Put pennies on a track Caught lightning bugs in a mason jar Had a rock for a ball and a stick for a bat I was chipper jones in that backyard Fast as number three I turned sixteen That first pinch of dip turned me Copenhagen green Go to any map dot you'll see There's a whole lot more growing up like me [Chorus] Here's to the ones keeping ole Merle spinning Midnight, first time, corn row kissing New coat of water tower spray painted names New crop of crop growers praying for rain From Saturday bonfires to Sunday pews Filling in all them hand me down boots Making sure that the roots in them towns don't die Hеre's to the boys and the girls Keepin' country alivе [Verse 2] In a town somewhere Talking way out there There's a boy waking up Mowin' that grass Turning green into gas So he can go pick her up There's a girl on the porch and he gets to the door Her daddy strikes the fear of god in that boy Mama says, "honey, they're just kids Growing up just like we did" [Chorus] Here's to the ones keeping ole Merle spinning Midnight, first time, corn row kissing New coat of water tower spray painted names New crop of crop growers praying for rain From Saturday bonfires to Sunday pews Filling in all them hand me down boots Making sure that the roots in them towns don't die Here's to the boys and the girls Keepin' country alive [Chorus] Here's to the ones keeping ole Merle spinning Midnight first time corn row kissing New coat of water tower spray painted names New crop of crop growers praying for rain From Saturday bonfires to Sunday pews Filling in all them hand me down boots Making sure that the roots in them towns don't die Here's to the boys and the girls Keepin' country alive [Outro] Yeah raise 'em up high To the boys and the girls Keepin' country alive