Lyrics to
I’m Just A Country Boy

This version of I’M Just A Country Boy was released by Don Williams in 1977.

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I ain’t gonna marry in the fall
I ain’t gonna marry in the spring
‘Cause I’m in love with a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring.

And I’m just a country boy
Money have I none
But I’ve got silver in the stars
Gold in the mornin’ sun
Gold in the mornin’ sun.

Never gonna kiss
The ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
Never gonna ask her if she’d
Marry me
I know she’d turn me down.

‘Cause I’m just a country boy
Money have I none
But I’ve got silver in the stars
And gold in the mornin’ sun
Gold in the mornin’ sun.

I never could afford
A store bought ring
With a sparkling diamond stone
All I could afford
Is a loving heart
The only one I own.

‘Cause I’m just a country boy
Money have I none
But I’ve got silver in the stars
And gold in the mornin’ sun
Gold in the mornin’ sun…

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The lyrics to I’M Just A Country Boy are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Don Williams in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to I’M Just A Country Boy are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Don Williams and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I’M Just A Country Boy back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to I’M Just A Country Boy by Don Williams in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I’M Just A Country Boy" means the words set to the music of I’M Just A Country Boy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Don Williams. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I’M Just A Country Boy and the lyrics to I’M Just A Country Boy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Don Williams who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’M Just A Country Boy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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