I just got the news today

The record I sent ′em, they threw it away

It don't fit the format, don′t make the listThey say I'm too old, won't even be missed

It happened to Jones and even The Hag

Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash

Kicked ′em right out without even a word

But that ain′t the end of the story I heard

'Cause Cash stomped out the footlights

And Haggard for long had a ball

And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation

And Jones never showed up at all

They lived what they wrote

And they wrote what they sang

And getting kicked outta country, didn′t hurt a thing

Getting kicked outta country, didn't hurt a thing

I just wrote a new song today

Pulled out my old guitar and I started to play

Pressing my fingers into the strings

I felt the feelings a country song brings

I did some Jones and one for The Hag

Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash

They all got kicked outta country back then

But then one day country came calling again

And Cash stomped out the footlights

And Haggard, for long had a ball

And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation

And Jones showed up after all

They lived what they wrote

And they wrote what they sang

Getting kicked outta country, didn′t hurt a thing

Getting kicked outta country, didn't hurt a thing

Well, it don′t really matter

'Cause I ain't gonna change

So getting kicked outta country

Won′t hurt a thing