I was sittin' on a barstool In a barbeque 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 And he said do 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 You get your first and second wives back Your front porch swing Your pretty little thing Your bling bling bling and your diamond ring You get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley First night in jail with Charlie 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 Get your nerves back Your first heart attack back You get your pride back You get your life back You get your first real love back You get your big-screen TV, DVD and a washing machine You get the pond and the lawn the bail and the mower You go back where you don't know her 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! We sat there and shot the bull About how it would be If we could turn it all around And change this C-R-A-P 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 You get your first and second wives back Your front porch swing Your pretty little thing Your bling bling bling and your diamond ring You get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley First night in jail with Charlie You get your mind back Get your nerves back Your first heart attack back You get your pride back You get your life back You get your first real love back You get your big-screen TV, DVD, and a washing machine You get the pond and the lawn the bail and the mower You go back where you don't know her It sounds a little crazy A little scattered and absurd But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards

Take me backwards, turn me around Cannot find my balance on the ground This world is too heavy For a feather falling quickly And I wrote your story But I'm afraid of how it ends And though my friends are doing well And I'm still on the mend I'm going to lay back down Hope the wind takes me around I gotta find some courage in this town 'Cause nobody's going to save Somebody who won't change I tried to be brave And nothing's coming easy, and all at once I feel a little queasy Oh, but if your love's my remedy Won't you please come and be with me? It's not like there's much better Nobody's grass is as green as mine I can't say that I'm satisfied Three thousand miles from your kiss goodbye I'm going to lay back down Hope the wind takes me around I gotta find some courage in this town And everybody's afraid 'Cause chances come from change And everybody's afraid 'Cause chances come from breaking The chances are you're breaking open I'm going to lay back down Hope the wind takes me around I gotta find some courage in this town 'Cause nobody's going to save Somebody who won't change It's time to be brave