Well, I've been hounding her for such a long time Trying to impress her with my hillbilly whine But she told me I was barking up the wrong tree She liked every kind of music but country. Every kind of music but country She liked it fast, she liked it loud, she liked it funky She liked everything about me, 'cept for one thing She liked every kind of music but country. Well, I thought I had a big one on the line She said listening to music was her favorite pastime. But she told me I was trying to swim upstream She liked every kind of music but country She saw I had a guitar in my hand (But she never heard me playing until the night she heard my band) But she thought I was a hick until the night she heard my band And now she can't remember having told me She liked every kind of music but country