Mike Lawrence: Music

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COUNTRY IS AS COUNTRY DOES

LOWER MANHATTAN, TWELFTH FLOOR FLAT
A TRUE NEW YORKER IN A JOHN DEERE HAT
OUT ON THE BALCONY WITH BALING TWINE
TYING HIS TOMATOES TO A BEAN POLE
IT'S ALMOST PICKING TIME
BUT HE JUST CAN'T WAIT, SO HE FRIES ONE UP
COUNTRY IS AS COUNTRY DOES

HE CAN'T DRIVE A TRACTOR, NEVER SEEN A COW
AND HE RECKONS HE'LL NEVER HAVE A FIELD TO PLOW
HE'S LIVED IN THE CITY ALL HIS LIFE
BUT HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF HIS MAMA THERE
AND HE'S TRUE TO HIS WIFE
YOU CAN JUDGE A MAN BY THE THINGS HE LOVES
COUNTRY IS AS COUNTRY DOES

EVERY MAN IS HIS NEIGHBOR
AND HIS HANDSHAKE IS FIRM
HE TAKES PRIDE IN HIS LABORS
AND YOU CAN STAND ON HIS WORD
HE AIN'T SMALL TOWN
BUT HE'S CLOSE ENOUGH
COUNTRY IS AS COUNTRY DOES

STICKS OUT IN THE LUNCH CROWD
DOWN AT FRANKIE'S PLACE
WITH HIS EYES SHUT, HEAD BOWED HE'S SAYING GRACE
AND ON SUNDAY MORNING
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS
HE'S UP EARLY AND IN A HURRY
TO GET WHERE FOLKS BELIEVE
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE
THAN JUST STARS ABOVE
I GUESS COUNTRY IS
AS COUNTRY DOES

IN A WORLD FULL OF FIGHTERS
IT'S A BLESSING TO SEE
SUCH A CONSTANT REMINDER
OF THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE
A MAN WHO LIVES RIGHT JUST BECAUSE
COUNTRY IS AS COUNTRY DOES
YEAH COUNTRY IS AS COUNTRY DOES