You can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me There so many jumping on that country band waggon Finding that the music's really fine But to me there's nothing really new about the country That's just where I've been all the time You can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me But I confess I'm proud to be a country loving woman And every song I sing I sing with pride And if it's now acceptable to follow country music And I'll go western moving with the tide You can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me Country music's come of age they surely can't deny it They're treating it with dignity and style Funny how they're claiming that country's now commercial That's what I've been saying all the while You can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me Well you can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me You can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me Oh you can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me Oh you can take me out of the country Try to make me what you think I should be Oh you can take me out of the country But you'll never take the country out of me