I just got the news today, The record I sent them: they threw it away It don’t fit the format, don’t make the list They say I’m too old, won’t even be missed
It happened to Jones, and even The Hag, Waylon and Willie, and the great Johnny Cash Kicked ’em right out without even a word But that ain’t the end of the story I heard
‘Cause Cash stomped out the footlights And Haggard for long had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones never showed up at all
They lived what they wrote, and they wrote what they sang And getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing
I just wrote a new song today Pulled out my old guitar and I started to play Pressing my fingers into the strings I felt the feelings a country song brings
I did some Jones, and one for The Hag, Waylon and Willie, and the great Johnny Cash They all got kicked outta country back then And then one day country came calling again
And Cash stomped out the footlights And Haggard for long had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones showed up after all
They lived what they wrote, and they wrote what they sang And getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing
Well, It don’t really matter, ’cause I ain’t gonna change ‘Cause getting kicked outta country, won’t hurt a thing