| If I was runnin’this country
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| I’d start it over from scratch
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| Keep what’s good, pile up what’s bad
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| And then I’d strike the match
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| Yeah, we’d go back to the basics
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| Of how things ought to be Yeah, there’d be a lot of changes
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| If it was left up to me
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| 'Cause what this country needs
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| Is a little more steel guitar
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| And put a litte fiddle right in the middle
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| Straight out of a Texas bar
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| And give us a song, we can all sing along
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| From sea to shining sea
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| Be proud of it and always love it That’s what this country needs
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| Now if you want to hear about livin'
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| Just twist that radio dial
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| 'Til you come to a singer singin'
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| What life is all about
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| 'Cause you can’t deny that people still cry
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| They laugh and they smile and they hurt
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| And that’s my humble opinion y’all
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| You can take it for what it’s worth
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| 'Cause what this country needs
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| Is a little more steel guitar
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| And put a litte fiddle right in the middle
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| Straight out of a Texas bar
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| And give us a song, we can all sing along
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| From sea to shining sea
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| Be proud of it and always love it That’s what this country needs
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| Yeah, turn it on up and let it ring out
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| Across the land of the free
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| They ought to build a statue of Hand Williams, Sr.
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| In Washington, D.C.
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| 'Cause what this country needs
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| Is a little more steel guitar
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| Yeah and put a sawin’fiddle right square in the middle
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| Straight out of a Texas bar
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| And ya’ll give us a song, we can all sing along
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| From sea to shining sea
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| Be proud of it and always love it That’s what this country needs
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| You just be proud of it and always love it And that’s what this country needs |