"Put Myself On" lyrics

Don't hear no twang, don't hear no fiddle
Don't hear no steel, don't hear no bristle
Don't hear it
I don't hear it

Can't tell where you're from by the words in your song
Tick-tock's running out, I'm 'boutta put myself on
Put myself on
Been on the shelf too long

Whoa, he's never played a show
Whoa, gotta get him on the road

So tune him up, take him on tour
Can't play guitar, can't tie a lure
Don't know a word of Country State Of Mind
Buy him some fans, pick him a producer
Get him on TV and fake it for the viewers
I know what Waylon'd say if he's still alive
He'd say "I don't think Hank'd done it that way"
And Junior'd say
"It's getting hard out here but a country boy can survive"

If you wanna be a pop star, go be that
I'll be in my bag and my cowboy hat
Flying my flag, no waiver to the calls
Living how I was raised, yeah me and my dogs
Me and my dogs (time to put myself on)
Ain't talking shit, just call it like I see
He from the West Coast but sounding Tennessee
All for a dollar, yeah send him down the line
But this country boy will survive

So tune him up, take him on tour
Can't play guitar, can't tie a lure
Don't know a word of Country State Of Mind
Buy him some fans, pick him a producer
Get him on TV and fake it for the viewers
I know what Waylon'd say if he's still alive
He'd say "I don't think Hank'd done it that way"
And Junior'd say
"It's getting hard out here but a country boy can survive"
(Can survive) aw hell, let her rip boys

Whoa, he's never played a show
Whoa, gotta get him on the radio

So tune him up, take him on tour
Can't play guitar, can't tie a lure
Don't know a word of Country State Of Mind
Buy him some fans, pick him a producer
Get him on TV and fake it for the viewers
I know what Waylon'd say if he's still alive
He'd say "I don't think Hank'd done it that way"
And Junior'd say
"It's getting hard out here but a country boy can survive"
"It's getting hard out here but a country boy can survive"

Hard to get spins when there's hands getting tied
Hard to break bread when you don't vote for their guy
If I know one thing I know five
And this country boy will survive
And I'll do it my way, I'll do it with a song
I'll look back and say I put myself on
I put myself on