"Country Music" lyrics

I came up listening to cowboy singers
Dreamed of living that way
I sang on the street, in ballrooms and dancehalls
Telling my story any place I could play
Starts out early in the places it can
Singing for people like you
You work like a dog, live like a horse thief
Break your mama's heart, then wash it all away

They call that, country music
It's a feeling, lean into it
They'll praise it, and confuse it
And they call that, country music

Country's a painting, this life's a canvas
In the color of places you've been
There's one for yourself, one for the crowd
In a day that turns to night that becomes a day again

They call that, country music
It's a feeling, step into it
They're gonna praise it
Turn around and confuse it
And they call that, country music

Sweating in the lights, coughing in the smoke
Trying to hear the song that's in my head
Days marked by madness, beauty and the sadness
Letting go of all the things you know that you left unsaid

They call that, country music
Lord, it's a feeling, step into it
They're sure to praise it
Turn around and confuse it
And they call that, country music
And they call that, country music
And it's a feeling, step into it
They gonna praise it
Turn around and confuse it
And they call that, country music
They call that, country music
Lord, it's a feeling, step into it
They're sure to praise it
Turn around and confuse it
And so they call that, country music
You know they call it, country music
Said it's a feeling, so step into it
They gonna praise it
Turn around and confuse it
That's why they call that, country music