country state of mind

that hot

old summer sun

make you beg for your next breath

so you best be on the creek bank

laid in the shade

chewin' on a hickory twig

pass that bottle

i'll have me a swig

i ain't got a lot

but i think i got it made in the shade

i'm just laid up here in a country state of mind

hey

i'm catching these fish like they're goin' out of style

drinkin' this homemade wine

lord

if the sun don't come up tomorrow

people

i have had a good time

i'm just laid up here in a country state of mind

i bet the old man's in the kitchen

got my kind of music on his radio

drinkin' his beer and dialin' up the request line

momma and old aunt joan

probably in the dining room tryin' to use the phone

me

i'm thinkin' about that girl and later tonight

i'm just laid up here in a country state of mind

hey

i'm catching these fish like they're goin' out of style

drinkin' this homemade wine

lord

if the sun don't come up tomorrow

people

i have had a good time

i'm just laid up here in a country state of mind

you know

the rednecks and the preppies

they and their discos and honkytonks

somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace"