A friend of mine walked up the other day and he patted me on my back
Said I might as well confess to you buddy, I'm disappointed in your back
You're telling everybody you're Stone's old brother, yet you go to Nashville insane
Just how in the world old friend, do you think that you can explain
I said listen buddy, and you listen good
You got a thing, I got a thing, all of God's children got a thing
Well country music friend, that's my thing
Now my old lady even looked at me and said I like James
Brown
Man he sings that sweet soul music and he can pick them up and put them down
You running around here in your western boots, boy you ought to be killed
For singing all of them old country songs up there in Nashville
I said sit down woman, and you listen good
You got a thing, I got a thing, all of God's children got a thing
Well country music friend
You got a thing, I got a thing, all of God's children got a thing
Happened to be my thing
Then I got them both together there friends
And knuckled their heads against the wall a couple of times
And told them this
If y'all miss me from singing round here
And you can't find me nowhere
Go on up there to Nashville friends
And I'll be singing up there
And if for some unsuspected reason
You should forget my name
Just wait a few years
And then inquire at the Country Music Hall of Fame
Cause you see
I got a thing, you got a thing, all of God's children got a thing
Well country music friends
That's my thing
Honey that's my thing
I'm a country man
I like Will Pierce, Johnny Cash, and Charlie Pryor
I got a thing, you got a thing, all of God's children got a thing
Happened to be my thing, all of God's children got a thing