Barbara Mandrell I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool (1981) lyrics

Barbara Mandrell
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I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool (1981)
I remember wearing straight leg Levis and flannel shirts
Even when they weren't in style
I remember singing with Roy Rogers at the movies
When the west was really wild
And I was listening to the Opry when all of my friends
Were digging rock and roll and rhythm and blues
I was country when country wasn't cool

I remember circling the drive-in pulling up and turning down George Jones
I remember when no one was looking I was putting peanuts in my Coke
I took a lot of kidding cause I never did fit in
Now look at everybody trying to be what I was then
I was country when country wasn't cool


I was country when country wasn't cool
I was country from my hat down to my boots
I still act and look the same what you see ain't nothing new
I was country when country wasn't cool

They call us country bumpkins, for sticking to our roots
I'm just glad we're in a country where we're all free to choose
I was country when country wasn't cool

I was country when country wasn't cool
Yeah I was country from my hat down to my boots
I still act and look the same what you see ain't nothing new
I was country when country wasn't cool
Yeah I was country when country wasn't cool