it damn sure ain't merle

there's been an awful murder

down on music row

i still love old country

and some good rock & roll

them record execs

they done lost their damn mind

they think we're all to old

deaf

dumb and blind

now there hippin' and a hoppin'

got no steel guitar

the songs that they're singin'

they don't come from the heart

they ran off the possum

now it's gone to the squirrels

they call that shit country

but it damn sure ain't merle

it's like brokeback mountain

in nashville these days

the cowgirls are still pretty

but now most the cowboys are gay

i sure miss ol' waylon

and i miss john wayne

back when country had balls

and pride in its name

now there snappin' and a clappin'

got no steel guitar

the songs that they're singin'

they don't come from the heart

they ran off the possum

now it's gone to the squirrels

they call that shit country

but it damn sure ain't merle

now there hippin' and a hoppin'

got no steel guitar

the songs that they're singin'

they don't come from the heart

they ran off the possum

now it's gone to the squirrels

they call that shit country

but it damn sure ain't merle

they ran off jamey johnson

they kept all the squirrels

you can't call that shit country

it damn sure

it damn sure ain't merle