new york city is a thousand miles away and if you ask me i ll tell you that s ok now i m not trying to put the big apple down cause they don t need a man like me in town i pick cotton down on the dixie line work hard all day tryin to make a dime but that s allright that s ok by me cause that s the way that it was meant to be big city hard times don t bother me i m a country boy i m as happy as i can be i don t like smoke chokin up my air and some of those city folks well they don t care i don t like cars buzzing around i don t even want a piece of concrete in my town i like sunshine fresh clean air makes me feel like you wouldn t care but that s all right each to his own but one smell from the city and this country boy is gone big city hard times don t bother me i m a country boy i m as happy as i can be well i don t want to even read about it let me tell you something let me tell you true what s right for me might not be right for you well you live your way i ll live mine and i hope that your happy all the time i pick cotton down on the dixie line work hard all day tryin to make a dime but that s all right that s ok by me cause that s the way that it was supposed to be big city hard times never bother me i m a country boy i m as happy as i can be let me tell ya i said big city hard times never bother me i m a country boy i m as happy as i can be ooh that s my way baby i don t want you to even tell me about the big city i don t want to read about it