eric michael jones i was born in new england lived here all my life got a three bedroom house in the suburbs with my two kids and my first wife went to usc got a degree i must have learned a thing or three but i never learned the right way to hang a tire swing from the old oak tree im not country i never owned a pickup truck dont drink too much or get in fights never been down on my luck i never rode a painted pony across a meadow fresh with dew but if im ever born again my friend thats the first thing that ill do got a picture of the smokey mountains taped to my office wall down at the local pub i pretend a southern drawl and put johnny cash on the jukebox cause he makes my heart ache staring out the window at the taxicabs i think god must have made some cruel mistake cause im not country never plowed a field of corn i never rode in an eighteen wheeler or even blew the horn never made love to my sweetheart underneath the sky so blue but if im ever born again my friend gonna do that too ive been to london paris beijing and bangkok too sip martinis with the jet set in new york city so why am i blue because id rather be alone on an old dirt road just kickin stones ive never been to west virginia but to me that sounds like home but im not country thats just songs on the radio and i ain t goin down to nashville to some grand ol opry show never wore a cowboy hat or boots or chug a lugged a brew but youd better believe in my next life thats the third fourth and fifth thing im gonna do ill never own a pickup truck i dont drink too much or get in fights never been down on my luck i never rode a painted pony across a meadow fresh with dew but if im ever born again my friend thats the first thing that ill do