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Hank Williams, Jr. A Country Boy Can Survive Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 9.20/10 [10 votes]Album: The Pressure Is On / Original Release Date: 1981Genre: CountrySong Duration: 4 min 16 sec
HANK WILLIAMS, JR.
- A Country Boy Can Survive Lyrics / with translationsThe preacher man says it's the end of time
And the Mississippi River she's a goin' dry
The interest is up and the stock market's down
And you only get mugged if you go downtown
I live back in the woods you see
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I've got a shotgun a rifle
and a four wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk til dawn
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Because you can't starve us out
and you can't make us run
Cause we's them ole boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say ma'am
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
We come from West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains and the western skies
And we can skin a buck
we can run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My Grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a business man
He used to send me pictures of the broadway nights
And I'd send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For forty three dollars, my friend lost his life
I'd love to spit some beechnut
in that dude's eyes
And shoot him with my ole 45
Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Cause you can't starve us out
and you can't make us run
Cause we's them ole boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say ma'am
If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn
We're from North California and South Alabam
And little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck and run a trout line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
And the Mississippi River she's a goin' dry
The interest is up and the stock market's down
And you only get mugged if you go downtown
I live back in the woods you see
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I've got a shotgun a rifle
and a four wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk til dawn
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Because you can't starve us out
and you can't make us run
Cause we's them ole boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say ma'am
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
We come from West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains and the western skies
And we can skin a buck
we can run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My Grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a business man
He used to send me pictures of the broadway nights
And I'd send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For forty three dollars, my friend lost his life
I'd love to spit some beechnut
in that dude's eyes
And shoot him with my ole 45
Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Cause you can't starve us out
and you can't make us run
Cause we's them ole boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say ma'am
If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn
We're from North California and South Alabam
And little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck and run a trout line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Facts about A Country Boy Can Survive
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A Country Boy Can Survive is written by Hank Williams Jr..
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It is first released in 1981 as part of Hank Williams, Jr.'s album "The Pressure Is On" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When it comes to the meaning of the lyrics, tthe track 'A Country Boy Can Survive' of Hank Williams Jr. singing depicts the human strength and the ability to be self-sufficient in country areas against the challenges that society puts up. It represents the self-reliance and the relentless struggle through metaphors of a 'country boy' who is capable to take hardship and come out good thus the core theme of the piece. The lyrics of a country boy can survive mainly shout out the whole man empowerment, social protest of the style, the freedom and joy aspects. Besides, the piece not only enchants the traits of a strong but also it underlined the rural lifestyle and pride, the loss and the friendship. The lyrics do contain some adult topics such as violence and a mention of death of a friend, which really is not appropriate for small kids. Yet the content still does not ascend to the intensity that would cause a higher rating.
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A Country Boy Can Survive falls under the genre Country.
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A Country Boy Can Survive song length is 4 minutes and 16 seconds.
Who wrote A Country Boy Can Survive lyrics?
A Country Boy Can Survive is written by Hank Williams Jr..
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When was A Country Boy Can Survive released?
It is first released in 1981 as part of Hank Williams, Jr.'s album "The Pressure Is On" which includes 10 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind A Country Boy Can Survive lyrics?
When it comes to the meaning of the lyrics, tthe track 'A Country Boy Can Survive' of Hank Williams Jr. singing depicts the human strength and the ability to be self-sufficient in country areas against the challenges that society puts up. It represents the self-reliance and the relentless struggle through metaphors of a 'country boy' who is capable to take hardship and come out good thus the core theme of the piece. The lyrics of a country boy can survive mainly shout out the whole man empowerment, social protest of the style, the freedom and joy aspects. Besides, the piece not only enchants the traits of a strong but also it underlined the rural lifestyle and pride, the loss and the friendship. The lyrics do contain some adult topics such as violence and a mention of death of a friend, which really is not appropriate for small kids. Yet the content still does not ascend to the intensity that would cause a higher rating.
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Which genre is A Country Boy Can Survive?
A Country Boy Can Survive falls under the genre Country.
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How long is the song A Country Boy Can Survive?
A Country Boy Can Survive song length is 4 minutes and 16 seconds.
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Record Label(s): (p) 1981 Curb Records, Inc
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City Boy August 18, 2012-21:58
I have a 14 country boys working for me. Some are great, but most aren't too bright.... I doubt they could survive better than me (have guns, a survivalist cache of food, medicine, liquor...)
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I have a 14 country boys working for me. Some are great, but most aren't too bright.... I doubt they could survive better than me (have guns, a survivalist cache of food, medicine, liquor...)
AdirondackEngineer July 30, 2012-18:05
Ahh...stagnant civilization. Not a bad song. Though I gotta wonder why he knocks city folk, people get killed in country all the time. They kill themselves, wives & kids, for no dang reason...
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Ahh...stagnant civilization. Not a bad song. Though I gotta wonder why he knocks city folk, people get killed in country all the time. They kill themselves, wives & kids, for no dang reason...
Crashnaz June 27, 2012-4:21
huntin, fishin, I don giv a dam,dumb 2-eeker came at me with a switchblade knife, that fool lost his life, sportin my suzuki, laptop, cellphone & gps too, stop at every Circle K for a monster brew....
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huntin, fishin, I don giv a dam,dumb 2-eeker came at me with a switchblade knife, that fool lost his life, sportin my suzuki, laptop, cellphone & gps too, stop at every Circle K for a monster brew....
Rednexefx April 18, 2012-23:30
It means don't come rural lookin for trouble Herr Obama we were raised on shotguns and don't take kindly to you folk.(communist)
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It means don't come rural lookin for trouble Herr Obama we were raised on shotguns and don't take kindly to you folk.(communist)
c4pan December 23, 2011-12:02
actually a trotline is a long line with 16inch lines attached with hooks. You bait them with anywhere from leaches to chunks of fish to catch catfish
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actually a trotline is a long line with 16inch lines attached with hooks. You bait them with anywhere from leaches to chunks of fish to catch catfish
MountainManDan October 20, 2011-17:07
Yeah, I figured it was trotline too. Troutline makes no sense... A trotline is same as a setline or a trawl if set from a moving boat. Great song either way... Words to live by.
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Yeah, I figured it was trotline too. Troutline makes no sense... A trotline is same as a setline or a trawl if set from a moving boat. Great song either way... Words to live by.
BR549 September 27, 2011-14:08
only Bocephus knows the real lyrics and even he changes them live - it is definitely TROT line -on the studio version !!!
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only Bocephus knows the real lyrics and even he changes them live - it is definitely TROT line -on the studio version !!!
V August 30, 2011-11:40
Hey Eugene, Colton said it WAS trot line. Not trout. Learn to read before you give someone crap, loser...
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Hey Eugene, Colton said it WAS trot line. Not trout. Learn to read before you give someone crap, loser...
Eugene June 17, 2011-10:35
No, Colton, it is 'trot line' and has nothing to do with trout. It lies along the bottom, and only fish that swallow the bait without running are caught -- catfish or carp. Look it up in a dictionary.
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No, Colton, it is 'trot line' and has nothing to do with trout. It lies along the bottom, and only fish that swallow the bait without running are caught -- catfish or carp. Look it up in a dictionary.
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A Country Boy Can Survive
Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr.
Country folks can survive better. More access to food and more area for growing. Raised on shotguns says it all. I was raised in the country and moved to the city. Still got my guns and a Midwest mind. I love this song.