Thank God I'm A Country Boy
John Denver
1975
jaar
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30
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4
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Het werd geschreven door John Martin Sommers, een gitaar / banjo / viool / mandoline speler in back-up band van Denver, op 31 december 1973 (Denver's dertigste verjaardag) toen hij reed vanuit zijn huis in Aspen, Colorado naar Los Angeles. Sommers herinnert zich dat hij op dat moment zich "vredig, gelukkig en tevreden" met zijn lot in het leven voelde, en begon onderweg wat aantekeningen te krabbelen over zijn gelukzalige toestand. Zij dienden als inspiratie voor de song.
Trivia
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Thank God I'm A Country Boy
Lengte A-kant
2:47
Componist(en) A-kant
John Martin Sommers
Producer(s) A-kant
Milton Okun, Kris O'Connor
Titel B-kant
My Sweet Lady
Lengte B-kant
4:45
Componist(en) B-kant
John Denver
Producer(s) B-kant
Milton Okun, Kris O'Connor
Platenlabel
RCA
Catalogusnr
PB-10239
Hoogste positie UK
-
Hoogste positie US
1
Album
Back Home Again
Songtekst
Thank God I'm A Country Boy
Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
Thank God, I'm a Country Boy
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy
I'd play "Sally Goodin'" all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can, work when I should
Thank God, I'm a country boy
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank God I'm a country boy
Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
I thank God I'm a country boy
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, my fiddle was my daddy's til the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
He said...'Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank God you're a country boy"
My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
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