This is kind of an extension on the theme of songs about where I live that was the theme in Lucky Man.
When I sit on my back deck, and some people here have done that with me so they know, I am glad I don't live anywhere else, especially a city.
So, I wrote this and decided to play or program everything myself. The only track that I didn't play is the real track 1945 mandolin. I could have played it too but wanted something from BB in the song. And the drums are programmed with jamstix.
Everything else is played by me. Bass, several guitar tracks and the slide.
Give me the country Lyrics
Give Me The Country Please
Sunshine lights the morning
Birds are singing loud
The sky is Carolina blue, not one single cloud
Tall pines swaying easy
Wind singing through the leaves
And this old heart beats steady where the sky and forest meet.
Where I live, the creek runs deep
Sun shining down in the air I breathe
What I got is heaven and a backwoods breeze
I don't need no city lights, give me the country please
Concrete and steel, they'll try to claim your soul
Sirens blare , engines run, everything is gray and cold
I'll trade the crowded corners for a field with endless sky
'Cause you can't plant your spirit where the asphalt never dies
Where I live, the creek runs deep
Sun shining down in the air I breathe
What I got is heaven and a backwoods breeze
I don't need those city lights, give me the country please
[Guitar Solo]
I got somewhere, where I belong
Living my life like a country song
Wouldn't trade this kind of freedom for anything.
Oh don't you know?
Where I live, the creek runs deep
Sun shining down in the air I breathe
What I got is heaven and a backwoods breeze
I don't need those city lights, give me the country please
Oh, Give me the country please
Oh, Give me the country please
Copyright lyrics and music 2026
By Herb Hartley
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