Little Jimmy Dickens - Country Music Lover lyrics

Oh I really thought that I'd learned to love her I even took her home to meet my mother That's why it breaks my heart to discover That she ain't a country music lover "Well I already knew we disagreed on politics and religion And it didn't really bother me too much when I found out she didn't like to go fishin The trouble all started with them phonograph records I bought her Like she thought "Kitty Wells" was a place a cat goes to get water Oh I really thought that I'd learned to love her I even took her home to meet my mother That's why it breaks my heart to discover That she ain't a country music lover But friends it didn't take me long to realize that this ol girl was in a fog Why she even thought that "Ferlin Husky" was some kind of Eskimo dog She thought "The Texas Troubadour's" were President Johnsons stand She even thought that "Ernest Tubb" was a sincere place to take a bath Oh I really thought that I'd learned to love her I even took her home to meet my mother That's why it breaks my heart to discover That she ain't a country music lover Just to think that she'd been to college and travelled around the world Then the nerve to ask me if "Bobby Bare" was a striptease girl But what really got my goat and made me explode Would you believe that she thought "Jonny Cash" was money you find in a commode Oh I really thought that I'd learned to love her I even took her home to meet my mother That's why it breaks my heart to discover That she ain't a country music lover Man talk about being this, squirly ain't the word Why she even thinks that "Pete Drake" is a duck "Western Union" is a cowboys underwear I don't know what ... [ Fade ]