David Allan Coe - If That Ain't Country (I'll Kiss Your Sss) lyrics

Recitation: THE OLD MAN WAS COVERED WITH TATTOOS AND SCARS HE GOT SOME IN PRISON AND OTHERS IN BARS THE REST HE GOT WORKING' ON OLD JUNK CARS IN THE DAYTIME THEY LOOKED LIKE TOMBSTONES IN OUR YARD AND I NEVER SEEN HIM WHEN HE WASN'T TIRED AND MEAN HE SOLD USED PARTS TO MAKE ENDS MEET COVERED WITH GREASE FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FEET CUSSING' THE SWEAT AND THE TEXAS HEAT AND skeeterz AND THE NEIGHBORS SAID WE LIVED LIKE HICKS BUT THEY BRUNG THEIR CARS FOR PA TO FIX ANYHOW HE WAS VETERAN-PROUD, TRIED AND TRUE HE'D FOUGHT TILL HIS HEART WAS BLACK AND BLUE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE'D MADE IT THROUGH THE HARD TIMES HE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ON THE G.I. BILL BUT IT WASN'T WORTH ALL HE HAD TO KILL TO GET IT HE DRANK PEARL IN A CAN AND JACK DANIELS BLACK CHEWED TOBACCO FROM A MAIL POUCH SACK HAD AN OLD DOG THAT WAS TRAINED TO ATTACK SOMETIMES HE'D GET DRUNK AND MEAN AS A RATTLESNAKE AND THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH THAT HE WOULD TAKE FROM A STRANGER THERE WERE THIRTEEN KIDS AND A BUNCH OF DOGS A HOUSE FULL OF CHICKENS AND A YARD FULL OF HOGS I SPENT THE SUMMERTIME CUTTING' UP LOGS FOR THE WINTER TRYING' LIKE THE DEVIL TO FIND THE LORD WORKING' LIKE A ni**er FOR MY ROOM AND BOARD COAL-BURIN' STOVE, NO NATURAL GAS IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY IT'LL HAIR LIP THE POPE IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'S A DAMN GOOD JOKE I'VE SEEN THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND I'VE MET JOHNNY CASH IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS RECITATION: MAMA SELLS EGGS AT A GROCERY STORE MY OLDEST SISTER IS A FIRST-RATE who*e DAD SAYS SHE CAN'T COME HOME ANYMORE AND HE MEANS IT MA JUST SITS AND KEEPS HER SILENCE SISTER, SHE LEFT 'CAUSE DAD GOT VIOLENT AND HE KNOWS IT MAMA SHE'S OLD FAR BEYOND HER TIME FROM CHOPPING TOBACCO AND I'VE SEEN HER CRYING' WHEN BLOOD STARTED FLOWING' FROM HER CALLOUSED HAND AND IT HURT ME SHE'D JUST KEEP WORKING' TRYING' TO HELP THE OLD MAN TO THE END OF ONE ROW AND BACK AGAIN LIKE ALWAYS SHE'S BEEN THROUGH HELL SINCE JUNIOR WENT TO JAIL WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT SHE AIN'T NEVER FAILED TO GET DOWN ON HER KNEES AND PRAY BECAUSE SHE LOVES HIM TOLD ALL THE NEIGHBORS HE WAS OFF IN THE WAR FIGHTING' FOR FREEDOM HE'S GOOD TO THE CORE AND SHE'S PROUD NOW OUR PLACE WAS A GRAVEYARD FOR AUTOMOBILES AT THE END OF THE PORCH THERE WAS FOUR STACKS OF WHEELS AND TIRES FOR SALE FOR A DOLLAR OR TWO CASH THERE WAS FIFTY HOLES IN AN OLD TIN ROOF ME AND MY FAMILY WE WAS LIVING' PROOF THE PEOPLE WHO FORGOT ABOUT POOR WHITE TRASH AND IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'LL HAIR LIP THE POPE IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'S A DAMN GOOD JOKE I'VE SEEN THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND I'VE MET JOHNNY CASH IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES CONCERNING THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD I DIDN'T KNOW GOD MADE HONKY-TONK ANGELS AND WENT BACK TO THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE