Right outside
of this one church town
There's a gold dirt road
to a whole lot of nothin'
Got a deed to the land
but it ain't my ground
This is God's country
We pray for rain,
and thank it when it's fallin'
'Cause it brings a grain
and a little bit of money
We put it back
in the plate
I guess that's why they call it
God's country
I saw the light
in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40
on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized
in holy water and 'shine
With the dogs
runnin'
Saved by the sound
of the being found
Dixie whistled in the wind,
that'll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia
but he didn't stick around
This is God's country
We turned the dirt
and worked until the week's done
We take a break
and break bread on Sunday
Then do it
all again
'Cause we're proud to be
from God's country (Yeah, yeah)
I saw the light
in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40
on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized
in holy water and 'shine
With the dogs
runnin'
Saved by the sound
of the being found
Dixie whistled in the wind,
that'll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia
but he didn't stick around
This is God's country
(This is God's country)
I don't care
what my headstone reads
Or what kind of pine wood box
I end up in
When it's my time,
lay me six feet deep
In God's country
(Yeah, yeah)
I saw the light
in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40
on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized
in holy water and 'shine
With the dogs
runnin'
Saved by the sound
of the being found
Dixie whistled in the wind,
that'll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia
but he didn't stick around
This is God's country
(I saw the light)
Yeah, I saw the light
in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40
on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized
in holy water and 'shine
With the dogs
runnin' (Yeah)
Saved by the sound
of the being found
Dixie whistled in the wind,
that'll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia
but he didn't stick around
This is God's country