I was sitting on a bar stool
In a barbecue joint in Tennessee
When this old boy walked in
and he sat right down next to me
I could tell he'd been through some hard times
There were tear stains on his old shirt
Then he said you wanna know what you get
When you play a country song backwards
You get your house back
You get your dog back
You get your best friend Jack back
You get your truck back
You get your hair back
Ya get your first and second jobs back
Your front porch swing and ling a ling a ling
Your bling bling bling and a diamond ring
Your get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley
little black cat named Charlie
It sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards
Well I never heard it said quite like that
It hit me in the face cause that's where I'm at
I almost fell flat out on the floor
He said wait a minute that's not all there's even more
You get your mind back
You get your nerves back
Your achy breaky heart back
You get your pride back
You get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen TV, a DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn And the bail and the mower
You go back when life was low
It sounds a little crazy a little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country song backwards
Oh play that song
Woo!
We sat there and talk about how it would be
If we could just want it all go back at T-I-M-E
You get your house back
You get your dog back
You get your best friend Jack back
You get your truck back
You get your hair back
Ya get your first and second jobs back
Your front porch swing go and ling a ling a ling
Your bling bling bling and a diamond ring
Your get the farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley
the little black cat named Charlie
You get your mind back
You get your nerves back
Your achy breaky heart back
You get your pride back
You get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen TV, a DVD and a washing machine
You get the pond and the lawn
And the bail and the mower
You go back when life was low
It sounds a little crazy a little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country song backwards