作曲 : Coly, Henderson He aint much for talkin, but he means every word he says, well that color on his arms and neck aint from no tannin bed, leaves no doubt bout where he stand on a chevy, or tha lord, yea you can always tell a country boy Now his idea of heaven is home sweet home east tennessee but for a girl like you he would pull up roots and move down the road a peice he'll always take his own sweet time if you give him a choice yea you can always tell a country boy Yea you can always tell him but you cant tell him much cuz all he's ever gonna be is who he always was a cross between his old man and his mommas pride and joy you can always tell a country boy He'll go off and take a long walk when he needs some time to think might even let ya drive his truck when he's had to much to drink bout as true blue as ol glory wavin out there on tha pourch yea you can always tell a country boy Yea you can always tell him but you cant tell him much sometimes his gears turn so slow you swear there gonna rust from tha way he bangs that ol guitar to tha gravel in his voice You can always tell a country boy Now you can drag him from tha country every now and then but you can't drag them forty acres outta him yea you can always tell him but you can't tell him much he's on tha fence about alot of things but on you his minds made up cuz he swears theres nothing sweeter than tha sweet sound of your voice you can always tell a country boy whatevers on your heart now come on and tell this country boy