Gone Country

She's been playin' in a room on the Strip
For ten years in Vegas

Every night she looks in the mirror
And she only ages

She's been readin' about Nashville and all
The records that everybody's buyin'

Says 'I'm a simple girl myself

Grew up on Long Island'

So she packs her bags to try to her hand
Says "This might be my last chance"
She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes

Well the folk scene is dead
But he's holdin' out in the village

He's been writin' songs speakin' out
Against wealth and privilege

He says "I don't believe in money
But a man could make him a killin'

'Cause some of that stuff don't sound
Much different than Dylan

I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backward as they used to be"
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes

Well, he commutes to LA

But he's got a house in the Valley

But the bills are pilin' up
And the pop scene just ain't on the rally

And he says "Honey I'm a serious composer
Schooled in voice and composition

But with the crime and the smog these days
This ain't no place for children

Lord it sounds so easy it shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all"
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes

Yeah, he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh back to his roots
He's gone country

He's gone country

Everybody's gone country

Yeah we've gone country

The whole world's gone country