Coe, David Allan - If That Ain't Country Lyrics






[Recitation:]
The old man was covered with tattoos and scars
He got some in prison and others in bars
The rest he got working' on old junk cars
In the daytime
They looked like tombstones in our yard
And I never seen him when he wasn't tired and mean
He sold used parts to make ends meet
Covered with grease from his head to his feet
Cussing' the sweat and the texas heat
And skeeterz
And the neighbors said we lived like hicks
But they brung their cars for pa to fix anyhow
He was veteran-proud, tried and true
He'd fought till his heart was black and blue
Didn't know how he'd made it through the hard times

He bought our house on the g.i. bill
But it wasn't worth all he had to kill to get it
He drank pearl in a can and jack daniels black
Chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack
Had an old dog that was trained to attack
Sometimes
He'd get drunk and mean as a rattlesnake
And there wasn't too much
That he would take from a stranger

There were thirteen kids and a bunch of dogs
A house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs
I spent the summertime cutting' up logs for the winter
Trying' like the devil to find the lord
Working' like a nigger for my room and board
Coal-burin' stove, no natural gas
If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

If that ain't country,
It'll hair lip the pope
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
I've seen the grand ole opry,
And I've met johnny cash
If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

[Recitation:]
Mama sells eggs at a grocery store
My oldest sister is a first-rate whore
Dad says she can't come home anymore
And he means it
Ma just sits and keeps her silence
Sister, she left 'cause dad got violent
And he knows it
Mama she's old far beyond her time
From chopping tobacco and I've seen her crying'
When blood started flowing' from her calloused hand and

It hurt me
She'd just keep working' trying' to help the old man
To the end of one row and back again like always
She's been through hell since junior went to jail
When the lights go out she ain't never failed
To get down on her knees and pray
Because she loves him
Told all the neighbors he was off in the war
Fighting' for freedom,
He's good to the core and she's proud
Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles
At the end of the porch there was four stacks of wheels
And tires for sale for a dollar or two
Cash

There was fifty holes in an old tin roof
Me and my family we was living' proof
The people who forgot about poor white trash
And if that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass
If that ain't country, it'll hair lip the pope
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
I've seen the grand ole opry,
And I've met johnny cash
If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass
I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
Concerning the great speckled bird
I didn't know god made honky-tonk angels
And went back to the wild side of life





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  1. C.... J....

    For clarity, Does mean "hes good to the Corp (Marine Corp)" or "core"? Just asking. Still, I love this song.

  2. a.... ....

    anyone else notice he said sumin about niggas? #racist wtf is this fuck all u in the comments reading this

  3. K.... S....

    I love white people!

  4. N.... N....

    Amen that's all I got to say about that

  5. n.... 6....

    He spoke the truth

  6. C.... C....

    🇨🇱 Texas proud

  7. S.... W....

    Well isn't that jusra good old way to live your life. "If it was good enough for me then it's good enough for my little skeeter". Uh hyuk, yuk, yuk!!!

  8. J.... N....

    Real country right right! Can't beat it

  9. K.... ....

    Wait where does he say something racist

  10. A.... W....

    1:42


    It's for me don't click it

  11. C.... ....

    damn this is pure country

  12. A.... T....

    Navy was my neighbor... and Fucc🤣😆😁🌾 you could not find a better one. Please

  13. P.... A....

    Honestly I think he meant “just working hard” I don’t think it was an insult at all.

  14. C.... H....

    Puro Pinche David Allan Coe, this some pure Texas Country, David songs be playing down the dessert between Texas And Mexico🤟🏽

  15. p.... t....

    This is the reason Trump won in '?16 and God willing 2020 too

  16. D.... S....

    Working everyday like one 1:42

  17. L.... A....

    Hole In The Wall *OUTLAW ORIGINAL* https://youtu.be/og_idYPD40I

  18. J.... D....

    I knoe u

  19. J.... D....

    U come here

  20. T.... S....

    What a song. You can say that when you lived 60+% of it! DAC, you did a fine job on this song sir!

  21. B.... M....

    2020 is gonna be a excellent year when we get rid of the liberal democratic idiots.

  22. b.... g....

    Love his music

    b.... g....

    Hole In The Wall *OUTLAW ORIGINAL* https://youtu.be/og_idYPD40I

  23. x.... H....

    SOMEONE PLAY THIS ON ONE OF ASIAN ANDY'S LIVESTREAM DONATIONS!

  24. K.... P....

    Im gonna send my kids to white colege. Oh wait, i cant ( which there shouldn't be ) but there are black coleges and pagents and grants.. Where are the white ones? If we are being equal. Thats right. We kept u down.. How come the native americans dont have their colege funds or pagents. Like miss native america????? Just a thought. And we took their country from them way before we brought y'all here. Dang i also forgot, my bad, how many white men were dealing black men in africa???? Thats right! Only black men sold black men. Hmmm yeah lets be equal. Im confused. A black man was president of this country and i woulda def voted for Colen Powel and still will, but yet we are racist? Again confused. Learn your history! More slaves in the north and the irish and germans slaves aswel. Booohooo. Wake up!! People.i still beive racism is wrong in EVERY aspect but im just sick od these double standards

    K.... P....

    Ken Pettus only you can make a difference

  25. K.... P....

    Kinda sick of this double standard! Kkkkinda sick of of it! People wonder why there ir racism? Just sayin! The kkkkinda was makin a point

  26. J.... R....

    LOVE THIS SHIT

  27. T.... 1....

    Anybody make it 2020?like if you did

  28. D.... S....

    Love his wife songs...

  29. K.... H....

    Don’t be offended 🤣🤣

  30. N.... R....

    Just got flipped off by some real upset lady cause of this song 😂

  31. L.... D....

    Soy mexicano 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

  32. O.... m....

    2020 here

  33. E.... S....

    Trying like the devil to find the lord

  34. R.... B....

    Oh yes 2020

  35. C.... M....

    God bless ya' ol ,anyone in 2020.

  36. G.... R....

    2020???? Anyone with me?

  37. T.... ....

    2020?? Anyone??

  38. M.... J....

    Who's listening in 2020??!!!?!?

  39. w.... i....

    Who still bumping in 2020😎

    w.... i....

    Me me me 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

    w.... i....

    @Amanda Elaine Dempsey fuck yeah

    w.... i....

    Bumping? No......if that bumping bullshit is country? Fuck that....kiss my ass

  40. Z.... S....

    2020 who's with me?

  41. K.... b....

    song is not even about colored folk.. guy is racist as fuck tho lol

  42. F.... S....

    13k people didn't like the n word used in this song......

  43. K.... S....

    True life

  44. M.... B....

    My dad was drunk one night and I'm 12 and he said "wanna hear real country " I said yeah and just played this song for me I'm so glad he did though

    M.... B....

    Hole In The Wall *OUTLAW ORIGINAL* https://youtu.be/og_idYPD40I

    M.... B....

    @Lloyd Allen not bad i listened to it

    M.... B....

    My father raised me on David and Willie and Jonny Hank Kris all of them and am also very thankful for him

  45. R.... D....

    Love it

  46. K.... G....

    We had a coal stove growing up now I'm a 15 year coal miner this song hits home

  47. M.... S....

    One of the best ever!
    I'm happy I belong to the culture

  48. A.... A....

    I'm Mexican and I've been hearing this song for decades. All the way from deep South Texas!

    A.... A....

    only one thing to do with this song , CRANK IT UP

    A.... A....

    Same here puro south tejas

    A.... A....

    Hell yeah, awuevooo!!

    A.... A....

    Corpitos by birth. Humboldt county by choice.

    A.... A....

    I worked for years in CC at The Bechtel liquification plant.

  49. R.... W....

    If that ain't country you can kiss my ass

  50. R.... W....

    But it wasn't worth all he had to kill to get it.

  51. R.... W....

    Never trust a woman who wants you to fuck her in the ass. Sheryl use that against you

  52. E.... A....

    Has meaning, good tune, tells more than likely a true honost story about a simple life. Not high class bull shit about your expensive POS truck on a beach

  53. 1.... 2....

    Tires for sell for a dollar or two... cash

  54. A.... S....

    sounds like  a boy named sue, by  Mr  Cash....?????

  55. C.... W....

    Hottest out 2020 ***

  56. J.... ....

    God bless that good ol' boy David Allen Coe! I'm from the sticks and this song just hits home for me.

  57. T.... A....

    For fucks sake...

  58. J.... R....

    I'll let you know if it's good enough.

  59. J.... R....

    We have been testn you too
    .

  60. J.... D....

    Id leave them here really

  61. S.... P....

    Sorry if that ain't country I was missing my ain't

  62. S.... P....

    If that country you can kiss my ass

  63. h.... b....

    All politically correct assholes need to get up in the morning say a prayer listen to this song and release the pressure in your ass to enjoy the day.

  64. J.... D....

    Look past the past and listen to the now..

  65. J.... D....

    Do c me now

  66. J.... P....

    Still cranking this classic in late 2019.

  67. M.... S....

    And I never seen him when he wasn't tierd and mean

  68. l.... s....

    Aint honesty a mother fucker ??

  69. w.... s....

    my dad turned me on to DAC. thanks pops. RIP

  70. l.... ....

    Hell yeah

  71. C.... A....

    Grat song i group up pore make a new life for my famly im proud to be country it grat i love to hunt and fish i live in the city now .i wont my boy to do the same even if he not grow up in the country

  72. a.... ....

    Now that is country music at its best I love David allan Coe 👍🍺

  73. P.... D....

    Was he a racist l mean he said the N-uke word

    P.... D....

    seriously?.....you've never heard that line before?.......you do know this song is old as dirt right?

  74. S.... D....



    If That Ain't Country

    David Allan Coe

    IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY LYRICS

    [Verse 1]
    The old man was covered with tattoos and scars
    He got some in prison and others in bars
    The rest he got working' on old junk cars
    In the daytime
    They looked like tombstones in our yard
    And I never seen him when he wasn't tired and mean
    He sold used parts to make ends meet
    Covered with grease from his head to his feet
    Cussing the sweat and the Texas heat
    And the skeeters
    And the neighbors said we lived like hicks
    But they brung their cars for paw to fix anyhow
    He was veteran-proud, tried and true
    He'd fight till his heart was black and blue
    Didn't know how he'd made it through the hard times
    He bought our house on the G.I. bill
    But it wasn't worth all he had to kill to get it
    He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black
    Chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack
    Had an old dog that was trained to attack
    Sometimes
    He'd get drunk and mean as a rattlesnake
    And there wasn't too much
    That he would take from a stranger

    [Bridge 1]
    There were thirteen kids and a bunch of dogs
    A house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs
    I spent the summertime cutting' up logs for the winter
    Trying' like the devil to find the lord
    Working' like a nigga for my room and board
    Coal-burning stove, no natural gas
    If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

    [Chorus]
    If that ain't country
    It'll harelip the pope
    If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
    I've seen the Grand Ole Opry
    And I've met Johnny Cash
    If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

    [Verse 2]
    Mama sells eggs at a grocery store
    My oldest sister is a first-rate whore
    Dad says she can't come home anymore
    And he means it
    Ma just sits and keeps her silence
    Sister, she left because dad got violent
    And he knows it
    Mama she's old far beyond her time
    From chopping tobacco and I've seen her crying
    When blood started flowing from her calloused hand and
    It hurt me
    She'd just keep working' trying' to help the old man
    To the end of one row and back again like always
    She's been through hell since junior went to jail
    When the lights go out she ain't never failed
    To get down on her knees and pray
    Because she loves him
    Told all the neighbors he was off in the war
    Fighting' for freedom
    He's good to the core and she's proud
    Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles
    At the end of the porch there was four stacks of wheels
    And tires for sale for a dollar or two
    Cash

    [Bridge 2]
    There was fifty holes in an old tin roof
    Me and my family we was living' proof
    The people who forgot about poor white trash
    And if that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

    [Chorus]
    If that ain't country
    It'll harelip the pope
    If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
    I've seen the Grand Ole Opry
    And I've met Johnny Cash
    If that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

    [Outro]
    I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
    Concerning the great speckled bird
    I didn't know god made honky-tonk angels
    And went back to the wild side of life



     



  75. P.... ....

    One of my favs. Genuine and raw. Saw him here in KY back in 2002. Great show.

  76. R.... B....

    I wish I wouldve met johnny cash

  77. J.... 1....

    A good sippin whiskey song.

  78. r.... ....

    if you want to get banned from youtube, just try posting the lyrics

  79. R.... B....

    Impeach Trump

    R.... B....

    Got enough cheeseburgers in there, Randy?

  80. J.... C....

    He's funny

  81. K.... 1....

    I'm listening Mike T

  82. K.... 1....

    This is real country. Don't let our kids forget where it came from.

  83. D.... A....

    Who’s wishin country coulda stayed like this!!!

  84. R.... G....

    LIsten to Country and Black Metal and reject degeneracy!

  85. K.... D....

    1:42
    Did he say "nigger"😂

    K.... D....

    Yea, he’s awesome

    K.... D....

    Kiki Diido yeah you got a fucking problem with it?

  86. R.... G....

    I don't know the dates and times but boy you did steal that one from Johnny Cash dincha?

  87. A.... W....

    Keepin it country y'all 💓

  88. H.... O....

    34 million hits ! Good job David 👍🏼