Runnin’ the Country Songtext
von Travis Collins

What if every limousine was jacked up in John Deere green?
If the cover of a magazine was all about boots and jeans?
What if every penthouse suite had an old tin roof that leaked?
Hey, what if the world′s elite were country folks like you and me?

We'd have a lot more common sense
We′d have a lot less pointless arguments
If the right came left and the left came right
Shook hands and had a party in the middle tonight
We do what we say, and say what we mean
Take it some place we were proud to be
If the country was runnin' the country

Some say we're behind the times just ′cause we keep it simplified
But we′re damn sure qualified, we majored in a way of life
And if the times get tough, you won't have to come looking for us


We′d have a lot more common sense
We'd have a lot less pointless arguments
If the right came left and the left came right
Shook hands and had a party in the middle tonight
We do what we say, and say what we mean
And take it some place we were proud to be
If the country was runnin′ the country

Yeah, rise and fall with the sun
And don't quit ′til it's done
Tell the truth, even if it hurts
And keep your own hands in your own dirt

We'd have a lot more common sense
A lot less pointless arguments
If the right came left and the left came right
Shook hands and had a party in the middle tonight
We do what we say, and say what we mean
And take it some place we were proud to be
If the country was runnin′ the country
Yeah, if the country was runnin′ the country