What Country Is

[Verse 1]

There's a house fly swimming in my sweet tea

Hey darling pass another Kerr jar to me

Butter dripping off a biscuit, baby better take a bite

Cantaloupe thumps like it's finally ripe

Box fan on a lawn chair sucking in swamp air

Two hundred mile marker signs from nowhere

That's what country is

[Chorus]

It ain't a rebel flag you bought at the mall

It's a hideaway bed in an old horse stall

Two kids getting caught stealing a Boone's farm kiss

It ain't a John Deere cap that's never fell in the cotton

It's a Jimmie Rodgers song that was long forgotten

It's homemade peach ice cream on sun-burnt lips

That's what country is

[Verse 2]

When the sun starts slipping from the delta sky

And the last scarecrow tucks in for the night

Make a fire throw a blanket on the sandy bank

'Bout an hour 'til we feel the first catfish yank

Barefoot cane pole waving at the riverboats

And when they're gone, take a dip in the moon glow

That's what country is

[Chorus]

It ain't a rebel flag you bought at the mall

It's a hideaway bed in an old horse stall

Two kids getting caught stealing a Boone's farm kiss

It ain't a John Deere cap that's never fell in the cotton

It's a Jimmy Rodgers song that was long forgotten

It's homemade peach ice cream on sun-burnt lips

That's what country is

[Outro]

It ain't a jacked up truck that's never seen a pasture

It's cars pulling over for a no-cab tractor

It's homemade peach ice cream on sun-burnt lips

No, it can't be bought, it's something you're born with

That's what country is

That's what country is

That's what country is

That's what country is