[ti:Thank God I'm a Country Boy (现场)] [ar:John Denver] [al:The Very Best of John Denver] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Thank God I'm a Country Boy (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974) - John Denver [00:00.08]Lyrics by:John Martin Sommers [00:00.16]Composed by:John Martin Sommers [00:00.24]Clap your hands [00:03.38]Well life on the farm is kinda laid back [00:05.60]Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack [00:08.08]It's early to rise early in the sack [00:10.60]I thank God I'm a country boy [00:12.93]Well a simple kind of life never did me no harm [00:15.37]Raisin' me a family and workin' on the farm [00:17.89]Days are all filled with an easy country charm [00:20.62]Thank God I'm a country boy [00:22.78]Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle [00:25.03]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle [00:27.73]Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle [00:30.47]Thank God I'm a country boy [00:32.65]When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low [00:35.39]I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow [00:37.74]Kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low [00:40.28]And thank God I'm a country boy [00:42.85]I'd play"Sally Goodin'" all day if I could [00:45.09]But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good [00:47.49]So I fiddle when I can work when I should [00:50.49]Thank God I'm a country boy [00:52.88]Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle [00:55.32]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle [00:57.94]Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle [01:00.61]Thank God I'm a country boy woo-hoo [01:23.04]Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels [01:25.65]I never was one of them money hungry fool [01:28.00]Rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools [01:30.69]Thank God I'm a country boy [01:33.13]Yeah city folk drivin' in a black limousine [01:35.70]A lotta sad people think that's-a mighty keen [01:38.18]Son let me tell you now exactly what I mean [01:40.83]I thank God I'm a country boy [01:43.20]Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle [01:45.65]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle [01:48.33]Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle [01:51.06]Thank God I'm a country boy yes sir [02:13.59]Well my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died [02:15.86]And he took me by the hand held me close to his side [02:18.22]Said"Live a good life play my fiddle with pride [02:21.17]And thank God you're a country boy" [02:23.62]Well my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle [02:26.32]Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle [02:28.66]Taught me how to love and how to give just a little [02:33.18]And thank God I'm a country boy [02:35.66]Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle [02:38.05]When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle [02:40.73]Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle [02:45.19]Wooh thank God I'm a country boy yea [03:24.75]John Sommers played the fiddle and he wrote that song