I was sittin' on a wooden stool
In a barbeque joint in Tennessee.
When this old boy walked in,
And he sat right down next to me.
I could tell he's been through some hard times,
'Cause there were tear stains on his old shirt.
Then he said, "d'you wanna know what you get
when you play a country song backwards?"
You get your house back, you get your dog back
You get your best friend Jackson back
You get your truck back, you get your hair back
You get your first and second jobs back
Your front porch swing going ding-a-ling-a-ling
Your bling, bling, bling, and a diamond ring
You get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley
That old black hat named Charlie
It sounds a little crazy
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country song backwards
Well, I never heard it said quite like that
It hit me in the face 'cause that's where I'm at
I almost fell flat out on the floor, he said,
"Wait a minute, that's not all, there's even more"
You get your mind back, your nerves back,
Your reaky-breaky heart back
You get your pride back, you get your life back,
And you get your first real love back
Your big screen TV
DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn, and the break in the mower
You go back when life was slower
It sounds a little crazy
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country song backwards,
Oh that's all.
We sat there and talked about
How it would be
If we could just rewind it all
and go back in T I M E
You get your house back, you get your dog back
You get your best friend Jackson back
You get your truck back, you get your hair back
You get your first and second jobs back
Your front porch swing going ding-a-ling-a-ling
Your bling, bling, bling, and a diamond ring
You get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley
That old black hat named Charlie
You get your mind back, your nerves back,
Your reaky-breaky heart back
You get your pride back, you get your life back,
And you get your first real love back
Your big screen TV
DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn, and the break in the mower
You go back when life was slower
It sounds a little crazy
A little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country song backwards
