If I was runnin' this country, I'd start it over from scratch
Keep what's good, pile up what's bad and then I'd strike the match
Yeah, we'd go back to the basics of how things ought to be
Yeah, there'd be a lot of changes, if it was left up to me

'Cause what this country needs is a little more steel guitar
And put a little fiddle right in the middle straight out of a Texas bar
And give us a song, we can all sing along from sea to shining sea
Be proud of it and always love it that's what this country needs

Now if you want to hear about livin', just twist that radio dial
'Til you come to a singer singin', what life is all about
'Cause you can't deny that people still cry
They laugh and they smile and they hurt
And that's my humble opinion y'all, you can take it for what it's worth

'Cause what this country needs is a little more steel guitar
And put a little fiddle right in the middle straight out of a Texas bar
And give us a song, we can all sing along from sea to shining sea
Be proud of it and always love it that's what this country needs

Yeah, turn it on up and let it ring out across the land of the free
They ought to build a statue of Hand Williams, Sr. in Washington, D.C.

'Cause what this country needs is a little more steel guitar
And put a song and fiddle right in the middle straight out of a Texas bar
And yo, give us a song, we can all sing along from sea to shining sea
Yeah, be proud of it and always love it that's what this country needs
You just be proud of it and always love it
And that's what this country needs

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