If I was runnin' this country
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I'd start it over from scratch
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Keep what's good, pile up what's bad
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And then I'd strike the match
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Yeah, we'd go back to the basics
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Of how things ought to be
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Yeah, there'd be a lot of changes
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If it was left up to me
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'Cause what this country needs
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Is a little more steel guitar
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And put a litte fiddle right in the middle
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Straight out of a Texas bar
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And give us a song, we can all sing along
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From sea to shining sea
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Be proud of it and always love it
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That's what this country needs
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Now if you want to hear about livin'
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Just twist that radio dial
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'Til you come to a singer singin'
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What life is all about
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'Cause you can't deny that people still cry
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They laugh and they smile and they hurt
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And that's my humble opinion y'all
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You can take it for what it's worth
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'Cause what this country needs
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Is a little more steel guitar
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And put a litte fiddle right in the middle
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Straight out of a Texas bar
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And give us a song, we can all sing along
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From sea to shining sea
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Be proud of it and always love it
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That's what this country needs
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Yeah, turn it on up and let it ring out
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Across the land of the free
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They ought to build a statue of Hand Williams, Sr.
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In Washington, D.C.
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'Cause what this country needs
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Is a little more steel guitar
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Yeah and put a sawin' fiddle right square in the middle
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Straight out of a Texas bar
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And ya'll give us a song, we can all sing along
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From sea to shining sea
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Be proud of it and always love it
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That's what this country needs
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You just be proud of it and always love it
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And that's what this country needs.
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What This Country Needs
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Aaron Tippin |