Let There Be Country - Lyrics

There are some misconceptions about where I'm a comin' from
Rhinestones and a hairdo, but have you all heard my songs
I'm an overnight sensation, I guess the joke's on me
Breakin' new ground for the future, meanwhile
Let there be country

I come from Mississippi, now what's countrier than that
Hit the ground a runnin' thanks to Lester Flatt
Now the old man had a saying about the way things oughta be
Boy, as long as you breathe
Let there be country

And there ain't nothin' I like better than my Hot Hillbilly Band
Travelin' cross the country shaking hard working hands
Paying up our dues, we don't want it if it's free
Just let the music play and
Let there be country

There finally comes a time you've got to pass the music on
Changing of the guard and the new blood keeps it strong
Well, I love the masters who gave advise to me
They gave me mountains to move, meanwhile
Let there be country

And there ain't nothin' I like better than my Hot Hillbilly Band
Travelin' cross the country shaking hard working hands
Paying up our dues, we don't want it if it's free
Just let the music play and
Let there be country
Let there be country

Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
So don't be lookin' if you can't stand to see
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
I know it's so 'cause one just told the truth on me.

Facing the music won't be easy
Cause wine and roses leave a jagged scar
I thought I knew just where to quit and draw the line
But today I know for sure I've gone too far

Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
So don't be lookin' if you can't stand to see
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
I know it's so 'cause one just told the truth on me

Now tracing my footsteps won't be easy
Cause wine and roses leave a clouded mind
I never worried about much about night before
Cause the morning after left me nearly blind

Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
So don't be lookin' if you can't stand to see
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
I know it's so 'cause one just told the truth on me
I know it's so 'cause one just told the truth on me

Matches, I need some matches
'Cause I've still got one old bridge I need to burn
Teacher, I need a teacher
There's a lesson my hard-headed heart can't seem to learn

Well I told myself I'm the last one left
To never let myself get hurt again
Like the fallen bird, I fell for her
and now I'm right back where I started then, so friend
Could I bum some matches, oh I need some matches
'Cause I've still got one old bridge I need to burn

Well you think by now I would have found
At least one woman who was meant for me
But it's been my luck just to fall in love and wake up to another memory
And another need
For some matches, I need some matches
'Cause I've still got one old bridge I need to burn
Let it burn

My sweet baby's on that train
My sweet baby's on that train
I wonder if I will see her again
But that last train done gone down
Whoohooo

I'm sorry for what I've done
I'm sorry for what I've done
Goodbye, goodbye my baby cry
'Cause that last train gone down
Whoohoo

Oh that last train's done gone done
That last train done gone down
To late, too late, my baby cry
But that last train done gone down
Whoohoo

I worked with Red Foley, knew Hank and ole Lefty
I worked on the Opry back when it was strong
But in showbiz, you know, sometimes it gets slow
So buy us another and I'll sing you a song

Be careful who you love
For love can be untrue
Be careful who you love
Be sure she loves you too

Well, you like that, I see, that's pleasing to me
Son I've wrote hundreds and some you know well
I've wrote 'em and sold 'em, they've bought 'em and stole 'em
Paper is cheap, they're just tunes what the hell

And then he offered to sell me the song he just sung me
I told him that song is a piece of your soul
Keep your song, here's some money
He said "thank you son" and I heard him say as I walked out the door

Be careful who you love
For love can be untrue
Be careful who you love
Be sure she loves you too

Well that was about a year ago, now wouldn't you know
It's a big hit some superstar claims he wrote
He sings it and grins and money rolls in
It's a wonder the lyric don't stick in his throat

And I think of that writer named Arthur and wonder
Just how many children he sold in his time
And how many great men take the gift that God gave 'em
And throw it away on the pretty red wine

Be careful who you love
For love can be untrue
Be careful who you love
Be sure she loves you too

Be careful who you love
For love can be untrue
Be careful who you love
Be sure she loves you too
Be sure she loves you too

Oh my brother, can't you hear me say
Oh my brother, you'd better get down on your knees and pray
Get down, get down, get down, get down
Get down on your knees and pray
Get down, get down, get down, get down
Get down on your knees and pray

Oh sister, can't you hear me say
Oh sister, you'd better get down on your knees and pray
Get down, get down, get down, get down
Get down on your knees and pray
Get down, get down, get down, get down
Get down on your knees and pray

Oh preacher, can't you hear me say
Oh preacher, you'd better get down on your knees and pray
Get down, get down, get down, get down
Get down on your knees and pray
Get down, get down, get down, get down
Get down on your knees and
Get down on your knees and
Get down on your knees and pray
Get down on your knees and pray
Get down on your knees and pray

If you told me that you loved me I would feel so proud
Let me hold you honey, I'd holler out loud
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man

Now won't you love me baby just to kinda hang around
I'll always love you honey, I'll never let you down
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man

Well, I'd climb the highest mountain, if it reached the sky
To prove that I love you, I'd jump off and fly
I'd even swim the ocean from shore to shore
To prove that I love you just a little bit more

Ah, won't you love me baby just to kinda hang around
I'll always love you honey, I'll never let you down
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man

Now won't you love me baby just to kinda hang around
I'll always love you honey, I'll never let you down
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man

My iron-clad mind didn't how to listen
To things that your heart was trying to say
But time after time I paid no attention
And only a fool would do you that way

Stone blind, I just couldn't see
How much you meant to me when you were mine
Stone blind, I let you slip through my hands
Right to the end, I must have been
Stone blind

My hair-trigger heart couldn't say I was sorry
Admit I was wrong or swallow my pride
So time played the part of the judge and the jury
You're already gone when I open my eyes

Stone blind, I just couldn't see
How much you meant to me when you were mine
Stone blind, I let you slip through my hands
Right to the end, I must have been
Stone blind
Right to the end, I must have been
Stone blind

Oh we tried and we failed, and you left me
'Cause I didn't fit the image in your mind
You tell me to find some else to love me
Oh now baby, aren't you getting out of line

Don't tell me what to do
'Cause you've already said we are through
I'm a page that you've turned
I'm no longer your concern
Don't tell me what to do
I'll love you forever if I want to

You're no longer in charge of my thinkin'
You're already in love with someone else
So if I'm into honky tonks and drinkin'
I'm a big boy, I can take care of myself

Don't tell me what to do
'Cause you've already said we are through
I'm a page that you've turned
I'm no longer your concern
Don't tell me what to do
I'll love you forever if I want to
No, don't tell me what to do
I'll love you forever if I want to