Well, the radio is playing an unfamiliar song
The DJ calls it country, but, hell, I don't know it at all
One thing that's for certain, and I think old Hank would agree
That sure don't sound like country to me
Well if it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it ain't Johnny, Merle, or Hank, or Waylon Jennings
Yeah, if it ain't got that honky tonk heart
Like Ernest Tubb had from the start
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
Well, nowadays in Nashville, it's like the Hollywood of the South
So-called country singers, singin' songs they know nothin' about
Swimmin' pools and fancy cars, datin' big-time movie stars
Well, that don't sound like country to me
Well if it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it ain't Johnny, Merle, or Hank, or Waylon Jennings
Yeah, if it ain't got that honky tonk heart
Like George Jones had from the start
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
Well, my gramps sat down and he told me
About ten years ago
Said if you wanna play country music, boy
You better have a lot of soul
Well, he came up from Kentucky
And he pa**ed it down to me
And this here sure as hell sounds country to me
Well if it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it ain't Johnny, Merle, or Hank, or Waylon Jennings
Yeah, if it ain't got that honky tonk heart
Like old Paycheck had from the start
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it ain't broke, don't fix it