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New york city is a thousand miles awayAnd if you ask me, I'll tell you that's okNow I'm not trying to put the big apple down'Cause they don't need a man like me in townI pick cotton down on the dixie lineWork hard all day tryin' to make a dimeBut that's allright, that's ok by me'Cause that's the way that it was meant to beBig city, hard times don't bother meI'm a country boy, I'm as happy as I can beI don't like smoke chokin' up my airAnd some of those city folks well they don't careI don't like cars buzzing aroundI don't even want a piece of concrete in my townI like sunshine, fresh clean airMakes me feel like you wouldn't care butThat's all right, each to his ownBut one smell from the cityAnd this country boy is goneBig city, hard times don't bother meI'm a country boy, I'm as happy as I can beWell, I don't want to even read about itSongtexteLet me tell you something, let me tell you trueWhat's right for me might not be right for youWell, you live your way, I'll live mineAnd I hope that your happy all the timeI pick cotton down on the dixie lineWork hard all day tryin' to make a dimeBut that's all right, that's ok by me'Cause that's the way that it was supposed to beBig city, hard times never bother meI'm a country boy, I'm as happy as I can beLet me tell ya, I saidBig city, hard times never bother meI'm a country boy, I'm as happy as I can beOoh, that's my way, babyI don't want you to even tell me about the big cityI don't want to read about it Aus Songtexte Mania