Well, life on the farm is kind of laid back Ain't much of an old country boy like me can have 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 Raising me a family and working on the farm Days are all filled with an easy country charm Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a country boy When the work's all done and the sun's set low Pull out my fiddle and I'm rosin' up the bow Kids are asleep, so I keep a cattle o' And thank God I'm a country boy I'd play Sally Goodman all day if I could But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good So I fiddle when I can, work when I should Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the riddle Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels I never was one of them money-hungry fools Well, I had my fiddle and my farm and my tools Thank God I'm a country boy Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine A lot of sad people thinkin' that somebody keen Son, let me tell you now exactly what I mean Thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a country boy ♪ Tell my fiddle what my daddy said the day he died And he took me by the hand, held me close to his side Said to live a good life, to play my fiddle with pride Thank God I'm a country boy Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt And how to wear old cars And how to work a fire, pinned on a fiddle Taught me how to love and how to give just a little And thank God I'm a country boy Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle When the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the griddle Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle Whoo! Thank God I'm a country boy, yeah! ♪ Whoo! Yeah!