COUNTRY STATE OF MIND

							(1)

			I WAS JUST A FRECKLED-FACED BOY OF TEN
			WITH AN OLD CANE POLE AND A STRINGER OF BREAM
			IT WAS JUST DADDY'S LITTLE MAN AND HIM
			AGAINST THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
			WHEN HIS HARD DAY'S WORK AT THE PLANT WAS
			THROUGH
			HE ALWAYS FOUND TIME JUST TO TOSS A FEW
			THE SMELL OF MAMA'S FRIED CHICKEN WAS OUR CUE
			AND HE'D RACE ME ALL THE WAY.

					               CHORUS

			WHAT I'D GIVE IF ONLY SOMEHOW
			I COULD JUST GO BACK IN TIME
			AND WALK THAT OLD DIRT ROAD AND
			FEEL THE WIND RUSH THROUGH THE PINES
			THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF ME THERE
			THAT I LEFT BEHIND
			BUT, EVERY NOW AND THEN I STILL GO BACK AND I FIND
			MY COUNTRY STATE OF MIND.

						        (2)

			WE'D GATHER AFTER SUPPER MOST SATURDAY NIGHTS
			PICKIN' AND A'SINGIN' 'NEATH THE FRONT PORCH LIGHT
			DADDY'D DO ELVIS TO MAMA'S DELIGHT
			THEN WE'D ALL SING AMAZING GRACE
			NOW THE YEARS HAVE FLOWN BY AND I'M FULL GROWN
			I'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND A BOY OF MY OWN
			THIS BIG CITY LIVIN' WILL NEVER BE HOME
			I HEAR THE COUNTRY CALLIN' ME

				                       CHORUS

			WHAT I'D GIVE IF ONLY SOMEHOW 
			I COULD JUST GO BACK IN TIME
			AND RUN THAT SIDEWALK PONY
			DOWN AT WOOLWORTH'S FIVE AND DIME
			THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF ME THERE
			THAT I LEFT BEHIND
			BUT, EVERY NOW AND THEN I STILL GO BACK AND I FIND
			MY COUNTRY STATE OF MIND.

Words & Music By Cliff Darby