[Verse]
Well, they say that I'm too country
The way I look and sound
They wanna to make me over
Just a little more uptown
Say I need to change my image
Now tell me what's that mean?
Don't they know I've got country in my genes?

[Verse]
Well, I can't help the way I talk
I wouldn't change it, if I could
Sophisticated ain't my style
But country fits me good
I ain't ashamed to wear
What's been handed down to me
Lord, I've got country in my genes

[Chorus]
I've got country in my genes
Country in my blood
It goes back generations
It's something I'm proud of
It's something I was born with
What you get is what you see
I'm just an old hillbilly
With a country song to sing
Lord, I've got country in my genes
Oh, that Earl Scruggs

[Verse]
If country's hit the big time
Me, I'm still the same
I ain't above my raising
And I ain't about to change
I wouldn't trade my Wranglers
For the finest gabardine
Lord, I've got country in my genes

[Chorus]
I've got country in my genes
Country in my blood
It goes back generations
It's something I'm proud of
It's something I was born with
What you get is what you see
I'm just an old hillbilly
With a country song to sing
Lord, I've got country in my genes

[Chorus]
I've got country in my genes
Country in my blood
It goes back generations
It's something I'm proud of
It's something I was born with
What you get is what you see
I'm an old Kentucky hillbilly
With a country song to sing
Lord, I've got country in my genes
Lord, I've got country in my genes