Back to Hank - James Carothers

There’s hip-hop beats at the opry

I never thought I’d see the day

There’s rappers wearing cowboy hats

It didn’t used to be that way

I reckon that’s the way it’s gone

And it’s something I can’t be

It don’t sound like country

It don’t look like Tennessee

Well, it’s a long way back to Hank

It’s a far cry to that old steel guitar twang

It’s too far to turn around, I think

It’s a long way back to Hank

Steel guitars and smokey bars

Is something from yesterday

But there’s still hillbillys' cutting a rug

And living the american way

This downtown nashville music

Well, that just ain’t my jam

I miss them old Twin Fiddles

And the sound from Alabama

Well, it’s a long way back to Hank

It’s a far cry to that old steel guitar twang

It’s too far to turn around, I think

It’s a long way back to Hank

Well, it’s a long way back to Hank

It’s a far cry to that old steel guitar twang

It’s too far to turn around, I think

It’s a long way back to Hank

Yeah, it’s a long way back to Hank