BACKWARDS

I WAS SITTIN' ON A BAR STOOL IN A BARBEQUE JOINT IN TENNESSEE WHEN THIS OLE BOY WALKED IN AND HE SAT RIGHT DOWN NEXT TO ME I COULD TELL HE'D BEEN THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES THERE WERE TEAR STAINS ON HIS OLD SHIRT AND HE SAID - “YA WANNA KNOW WHAT YA GET WHEN YOU PLAY A COUNTRY SONG BACKWARDS?” YA GET YOUR HOUSE BACK - YA GET YOUR DOG BACK YA GET YOUR BEST FRIEND JACK BACK YA GET YOUR TRUCK BACK - YA GET YOUR HAIR BACK YA GET YOUR FIRST AND SECOND WIVES BACK YOUR FRONT PORCH SWING, YOUR PRETTY LITTLE THING YOUR BLING, BLING, BLING AND A DIAMOND RING YOU GET YOUR FARM AND THE BARN AND THE BOAT AND THE HARLEY FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL WITH CHARLIE IT SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY, A LITTLE SCATTERED AND ABSURD BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU PLAY A COUNTRY SONG BACKWARDS WELL, I NEVER HEARD IT SAID QUITE LIKE THAT IT HIT ME IN THE FACE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M AT I ALMOST FELL FLAT OUT ON THE FLOOR - HE SAID “WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S NOT ALL, THERE'S EVEN MORE” YA GET YOUR MIND BACK, YOUR NERVES BACK YOUR FIRST HEART ATTACK BACK YOU GET YOUR PRIDE BACK, GET YOUR LIFE BACK YOU GET YOUR FIRST REAL LOVE BACK YOU GET YOUR BIG SCREEN TV A DVD AND A WASHING MACHINE YOU GET THE POND AND THE LAWN THE BAIL AND THE MOWER YOU GET TO GO BACK WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW HER IT SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY (LITTLE CRAZY), A LITTLE SCATTERED AND ABSURD BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU PLAY A COUNTRY SONG BACKWARDS OH PLAY A SONG FU WE SAT THERE AND SHOT THE BULL ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE IF WE COULD TURN IT ALL AROUND AND CHANGE THIS C-R-A-P YA GET YOUR HOUSE BACK - YA GET YOUR DOG BACK YA GET YOUR BEST FRIEND JACK BACK YA GET YOUR TRUCK BACK - YA GET YOUR HAIR BACK YA GET YOUR FIRST AND SECOND WIVES BACK YOUR FRONT PORCH SWING, YOUR PRETTY LITTLE THING YOUR BLING, BLING, BLING AND A DIAMOND RING YOU GET YOUR FARM AND THE BARN AND THE BOAT AND THE HARLEY FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL WITH CHARLIE (YEAH YEAH) YA GET YOUR MIND BACK, YOUR NERVES BACK YOUR FIRST HEART ATTACK BACK YOU GET YOUR PRIDE BACK, GET YOUR LIFE BACK YOU GET YOUR FIRST REAL LOVE BACK (AH…) YOU GET YOUR BIG SCREEN TV A DVD AND A WASHING MACHINE YOU GET THE POND AND THE LAWN THE BAIL AND THE MOWER YOU GET TO GO BACK WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW HER IT SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY (LITTLE CRAZY), A LITTLE SCATTERED AND ABSURD BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU PLAY A COUNTRY SONG BACKWARDS HEY…