I'll Keep the Country

[Verse 1]

You never liked it out here anyways

So this shouldn't be too hard

To get your tires turnin' back to where you came from

So we can get a brand new start

[Pre-Chorus]

You stay on the city side of them city limit signs

I'll stay where the buckshot runs right through it

Oh, girl, if we're gonna get through it

[Chorus]

Then you keep the lights and I'll keep the stars

I'll stick around where it's too damn far

From the highway where the lines fade

And there's a little more dirt on a two-lane, baby

You keep the fast and I'll keep the slow

I'll keep the train track bump in the road

If either one of us is gonna move on, honey

You keep the town and I'll keep the country

[Post-Chorus]

Yeah, I'll keep the country

[Verse 2]

Yeah, long as I can keep it out

Where I won't run into you everywhere I go

Well, you can have them downtown bars

Hang out where the grass don't grow

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, you stay on the city side of them city limit signs

I'll stay where the buckshot runs right through it

Oh, girl, if we're gonna get through it

[Chorus]

You keep the lights and I'll keep the stars

I'll stick around where it's too damn far

From the highway where the lines fade

And there's a little more dirt on a two-lane, baby

You keep the fast and I'll keep the slow

I'll keep the train track bump in the road

If either one of us is gonna move on, honey

You keep the town and I'll keep the country

[Post-Chorus]

Yeah, I'll keep the country, yeah

[Bridge]

Yeah, I'll keep the crickets singin'

And you can keep your daddy's last name

Oh, we can draw a line in the middle

Baby, let's just keep it real simple

[Chorus]

Well, you keep the lights and I'll keep the stars

I'll stick around where it's too damn far

From the highway where the lines fade

And there's a little more dirt on a two-lane, baby

You keep the fast and I'll keep the slow

I'll keep the train track bump in the road

If either one of us is gonna move on, honey

You keep the town and I'll keep the country

[Post-Chorus]

Yeah, I'll keep the country

Oh, you keep the town and I'll keep the country