Country Song ft. Marilyn Kroeker Lyrics

Country Song

The barman may not know the name, but he damn well knows the type

Just another country cowboy come out looking for a fight

Or a woman's bad intentions that might help to ease the pain

Of the million mounted demons riding circles in his brain

On a Friday night in winter with his cattle put to bed

And a bottle of Jack Daniel's telling lies inside his head

Country song that's on the jukebox

With the lyrics that you know

Country song about the hard knocks

And another round to go

In a haze of beer and whiskey he'll go dancing through the night

Like a broken ballerina bathed in barbs of neon light

Or a horse that's thrown a shoe and has a hiccup in its stride

Or a bucking bareback peeler on a seven-second ride

He's a two-step John Travolta in his cowboy hat and boots

Moving every calving season so he never puts down roots

Country song that's on the jukebox

Tells the story that we live

Country song about the hard knocks

And the heartaches that we give

Now the girls are up a'dancing and the men are stepping tall

Dressed for honkey-tonk romancing 'til the barman yells last call

Then the glasses all get emptied and the bottles set aside

And the lights come up all sudden and their eyes are opened wide

Then the action moves outside to where the pickup trucks are parked

And the promises are whispered in the shadows after dark

Country song that's on the jukebox

With the lyrics that you know

Country song about the hard knocks

And another round to go

Come the morning he's awakened by the thunder in his head

And his memory of lightning with the woman in his bed

But she's gone now with the sunrise, though she's left behind a note

And he's smiling as he sits up and he reads the words she wrote:

"Fare thee well my handsome cowboy, for I could not linger long

'Cuz I'm just a rambling cowgirl like that singer in the song."

Country song that's on the jukebox

Tells the story that we live

Country song about the hard knocks

And the heartaches that we give

Country song that's on the jukebox

With the lyrics that you know

Country song about the hard knocks

And another round to go