I Wanna Be A Country Singer - The Cats

Daddy used to play guitar and sing in a country band

Going on the road he’d take my mama and me

I grew up in a world of neon lights and one night stands

I’ve been through a hundred towns by the time I was 3

I can see him now in his high heeled boots, battered old guitar

Driving his beat up forty nine chevrolet

And when mama got tired of spendin' her life in hotel rooms and bars

Daddy just kind of kissed her cheek and this is what he’d say:

«I wanna be a country singer, I wanna make the people cry

To sing those sad sweet country songs brings a tear to your eye

I wanna be a country singer I make them wanna sing along

When they hear my down home melodies and stories ‘bout a love gone wrong»

I get so tired of one night stands and honky tonks and bars

Now home’s alone in the hotel room each night

Until I step upon the stage with my daddy’s old guitar

I close my eyes and start to play and everything’s alright

I wanna be a country singer, I wanna make the people cry

To sing those sad sweet country songs brings a tear to your eye

I wanna be a country singer I make them wanna sing along

When they hear my down home melodies and stories ‘bout a love gone wrong

I learned the words when I was 5, at 6 I knew the melodies

Took my daddy’s guitar and taught myself to play

By the time that I was 7 I knew just what I would be

And my daddy couldn’t help but smile whenever he’d hear me say:

«I wanna be a country singer, I wanna make the people cry

To sing those sad sweet country songs brings a tear to your eye

I wanna be a country singer I make them wanna sing along

When they hear my down home melodies and stories ‘bout a love gone wrong»

I wanna be a country singer, I wanna make the people cry

To sing those sad sweet country songs brings a tear to your eye

I wanna be a country singer I make them wanna sing along

When they hear my down home melodies and stories ‘bout a love gone wrong