If I was runnin' this country
I'd start it over from scratch
Keep what's good, pile up what's bad
And then I'd strike the match
Yeah, we'd go back to the basics
Of how things ought to be
Yeah, there'd be a lot of changes
If it was left up to me

'cause what this country needs
Is a little more steel guitar
And put a litte fiddle right in the middle
Straight out of a texas bar
And give us a song, we can all sing along
From sea to shining sea
Be proud of it and always love it
That's what this country needs

Now if you want to hear about livin'
Just twist that radio dial
'til you come to a singer singin'
What life is all about
'cause you can't deny that people still cry
They laugh and they smile and they hurt
And that's my humble opinion y'all
You can take it for what it's worth

'cause what this country needs
Is a little more steel guitar
And put a litte fiddle right in the middle
Straight out of a texas bar
And give us a song, we can all sing along
From sea to shining sea
Be proud of it and always love it
That's what this country needs

Yeah, turn it on up and let it ring out
Across the land of the free
They ought to build a statue of hand williams, sr.
In washington, d.c.

'cause what this country needs
Is a little more steel guitar
Yeah and put a sawin' fiddle right square in the middle
Straight out of a texas bar
And y'all give us a song, we can all sing along
From sea to shining sea
Be proud of it and always love it
That's what this country needs

You just be proud of it and always love it
And that's what this country needs.

• Ain't That a Hell of a Note
• Bayou Baby
• Big Boy Toys
• Country Boy's Tool Box
• For You I Will
• Her
• Honky-tonk Superman
• How's The Radio Know
• I Got It Honest
• I Miss Misbehavin'
• I Promised You The World
• I Was Born With a Broken Heart
• I Wonder How Far It is Over You
• I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
• I'm Leaving
• I've Got a Good Memory
• If I Had to Do It Over
• In My Wildest Dreams
• Kiss This
• Let's Talk About You
• Lookin' Back at Myself
• Lovin' Me Into an Early Grave
• Many, Many, Many Beers Ago
• Mission from Hank
• My Blue Angel
• My Kind of Town
• Nothin' in The World
• People Like Us
• Read Between The Lines
• She Feels Like a Brand New Man Tonight
• She Made a Memory Out of Me
• She's Got a Way of Makin' Me Forget
• Standin' on The Promises
• Ten Pound Hammer
• That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You
• The Best Love We Ever Made
• The Call of The Wild
• The Door
• The Man That Came Between Us
• The Sky's Got The Blues
• The Sound of Your Goodbye
• There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio
• These Sweet Dreams
• This Heart
• Trim Yourself to Fit The World
• Up Against You
• What This Country Needs
• When Country Took The Throne
• Where The Stars & Stripes & Eagle Fly
• Whole Lotta Love on The Line
• Without Your Love
• Working Man's Ph. D.
• You Are The Woman