I wrote this song in the early 1990s after Nashville producer Robert Metzgar asked me to write something mainstream country. Actually, I wrote another song along with this one, but, everyone thought this would be a big hit and after a recording session one night the artist, an up-and-coming young kid was killed in an auto accident. So, the song was shelved.
This is the first time I have recorded it since the early 90s.
Some guys think the best girls are in California Others say it ain't so their down Texas way Eastern guys say you'll find them all at Daytona But I'd rather have a country girl any day.
(chorus) Country Girls are the sweetest girls with the sweetest of country ways Country girls know how to treat a man so he'll never want to run away
By now you're probably wondering, what is country? And what makes me think that country girls are the best? Country isn't defined by any location and nobody's ever written a country girl test.
Country Girls are the sweetest girls with the sweetest of country ways Country girls know how to treat a man so he'll never want to run away
I think I'd like to find a country girl and get married and build my self a little old country place Then start myself a little old country family so some other guy can have a country girl some day.
Country Girls are the sweetest girls with the sweetest of country ways Country girls know how to treat a man so he'll never want to run away
Country Girls are the sweetest girls with the sweetest of country ways But the best thing about those country girls... they're MADE IN THE USA.
Here is my entry... another song I wrote many years ago. It was on an album in 1992 and I have played it live more times than I can recall. added: This actually happened on Interstate 80 driving east to west from the Pocono Mountains to Columbus, Ohio. I was going to visit my brother. When I got to his place I wrote down the lyrics I had in my head in his livingroom. When I went home to the Poconos, I recorded it and it was on the subsequent album.
I was rolling along on Interstate 80 when a lady caught my eye. Well, I happened to see that she was unescorted as her jaguar was passing me by.
Two miles farther I began to wonder... What's she doing all alone. And, what are the odds that a beautiful woman ain't gotta man waitin' back home.
It ain't easy getting a date when you're out on the highway. And introductions are pretty rare from the passing lane. Roadside rests are for resting, and people come and go fast, and I know I might never pass this way again.
Well, there's nothing to do, but, keep on driving... get to where I gotta go. The sound of the road and the roar of the engine make it hard to hear my radio.
There's only so much any man can handle when he's on the road all day. Driving alone can get pretty boring Is anybody going my way?
It ain't easy gettin' a date when you're out on the highway. And the closest I get to an Escort's the name of my car. So to all those lonely ladies rolling down the highway... Well, I'd sure like to get to know you where ever you are. I'd sure like to get to know you where ever you are.
I woke up this morning A new day was dawning and I was alone another typical day I know that she loved me and I know that she left me I know it's been years that I've been feeling this way
Don't know where I'm going only where I've been and I don't want to go that way again Don't know where I'm going only where I've been gotta find me a way to be a happier man
Maybe someday I'll find love made in heaven above A beautiful woman looking for a good man A genuine lady innocent as a baby but you know she's a woman by the touch of her hand
Don't know where I'm going only where I've been and I don't want to go that way again Don't know where I'm going only where I've been gotta find me a way to be a happier man
Maybe I'll do some fishing instead of sitting her wishing that my life had been different you know it's too late to change My day used to tell me A man ain't a baby and nothing ventured means that nothing is gained
Don't know where I'm going only where I've been and I don't want to go that way again Don't know where I'm going only where I've been gotta find me a way to be a happier man gotta find me a way to be a happier man it's a typical day... a typical day...
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