There's a couple of roads that he don't roll down
It's hard to take the long way
In such a small town
Tryin' to get past the past that keeps kickin' around
She pulled the pin, got the first plane out
Now everybody else gotta watch them out
Damn it if her name ever slips out
One of those things he don't talk about
You can take the girl out of the country
She can spread those wings and fly
Off of that farm up out of his arms
She can move on with her life
But he shakes his world
Cause now she's the one he can't let go of
Boy
You can take the girl out of the country
You can't take her out of the country
Boy
It might look the same but everything's changed
Every dirt road is memory lane
It's like she up and left
But she left the best of the rest to remain
There's a red lipstick on a coffee cup
The dog still waits for her car to pull up
The perfume fills the cab of his truck
He can't forget, he can't outrun
You can take the girl out of the country
She can spread those wings and fly
Off of that farm up out of his arms
She can move on with her life
But he shakes his world
Cause now she's the one he can't let go of
Boy
You can take the girl out of the country
You can't take her out of the country
Boy
guitar solo

, bass solo
She's in his head, she's in his heart
She's in the ink, in the name, on his arm
She's in his head, she's in his heart
In the ink, in the name, on his arm