Country Boy written by John Jump
Arrangement and instruments played by the Road Apples:
Bob Lawder...bass
Blake Travis...percussion
Bob Breidenbach...lap steel guitar
Frank Heyer...guitar
John Jump...guitar and vocals
Country boy leaves his home where he has it made. He's got a girlfriend and a community that actually cares about him, even though it gets boring. But, city life is not all he thinks it will be.
Lyrics
I'm a country boy livin' in the city
Just gettin' by is such a pity
When I had it made back home.
It's a big job, money and a car
I beat these streets wonderin' where they are.
I need to set my feet back home.
Chorus:
Everybody told me to stay
Here there's only one thing they say,
...Walk on boy.
I had a little girl she loved me so
But I left there wasn't room to grow,
Now I'm choking on this city air.
Would she forgive me
And let things be like like they used to be
When I had it made back home?
Chorus...
Hard times layin' on the farmer
Drought conditions makin' it harder
Like it was back in '31.
Common folks livin' on the land
Always glad to lend a hand
To the man who's on his way home.
chorus...