There's a house fly swimmin' in my sweet tea Hey darlin' pass another Kerr jar to me Butter drippin' off a biscuit, baby better take a bite Cantaloupe thumps like it's finally ripe Box fan on a lawn chair suckin' in swamp air Two hundred mile marker signs from nowhere That's what country is It ain't a rebel flag you bought at the mall It's a hide away bed in an old horse stall Two kids gettin' caught stealin' a Boone's farm kiss It ain't a John Deere cap that's never fell in the cotton It's a Jimmy Rodgers song that was long forgotten It's homemade peach ice cream on sunburnt lips That's what country is When the sun starts slippin' from the delta sky And the last scarecrow tucks in for the night Make a fire throw a blanket on the sandy bank 'Bout an hour 'till we feel the first catfish yank Barefoot cane pole wavin' at the riverboats And when they're gone take a dip in the moon glow That's what country is It ain't a rebel flag you bought at the mall It's a hide away bed in an old horse stall Two kids gettin' caught stealin' a Boone's farm kiss It ain't a John Deere cap that's never fell in the cotton It's a Jimmy Rodgers song that was long forgotten It's homemade peach ice cream on sunburnt lips That's what country is It ain't a jacked up truck that's never seen a pasture It's cars pulling over for a no-cab tractor It's homemade peach ice cream on sunburnt lips No, it can't be bought it's somethin' you're born with That's what country is That's what country is That's what country is That's what country is