I've been gone for so long   it feels so good just to get back home   back to all my friends and all the faces I like to see      and like a rainbow in the sky   a certain twinkle is in his eye   tellin me that they believe in who I am and who I want to be      don't it make you want to dance   and dont it make you want to smile   when you down and around   down in the country big and sing a while      and dont it make you awant to dance    and dont it make you want to smile   when your down and around    down in the country big and sing a while      oh lord don't it feel right tonight   makin music when the feelings right   feeling better with every little single song   i look around and everyone is a friend   and every single one is bound to grin   and when the chorus comes around everybody jump on      and dont it make you want to dance and dont it make you want to smile   when youre down and around   down in the country big and sing awhile      and dont it make you want to dance    and dont it make you want to smile   when your down and out   down in the country big and sing awhile      when youre down and around in the country    big and sing awhile