I'm not saying this is my favorite, but it seems not to have been posted at Mudcat before, and I think we ought to have it somewhere, and I don't see any other good thread to add it to:

(By the way, I checked these lyrics against a recording on Spotify.)


THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY
As sung by John Denver on "Back Home Again"

[Begins a cappella, with foot-tapping(?) and clapping:]

Well, life's on a farm is kinda laid back.
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack.
It's early to rise, early in the sack.
Thank God I'm a country boy!

Well, a simple kind of life never did me no harm,
Raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm.
My days are all filled with an easy country charm.
Thank God I'm a country boy!

CHORUS: Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle.
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle,
And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle.
Thank God I'm a country boy!

[Instrumental accompaniment begins:]

When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low.
Thank God I'm a country boy!

I'd play "Sally Goodin'' all day if I could,
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good,
So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should.
Thank God I'm a country boy!

CHORUS

Well, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels.
I never was one of them money-hungry fools.
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools.
Thank God I'm a country boy!

Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine,
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen.
Well, son let me tell you now exactly what I mean:
Thank God I'm a country boy!

CHORUS

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died,
And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side.
He said, "Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride.
Thank God you're a country boy!"

Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle.
He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle.
He taught me how to love and how to give just a little,
And thank God I'm a country boy!

CHORUS