Goin' down to muscle shoals where the swamp water rhythm flows   Live the only way I know I'm just a common man   Headed down to Texas way where the honky-tonk heroes play   Gonna find that lost highway that's where I'll make a stand      Takin' the country back, it's high time we face the facts   Heart and soul slippin' through the cracks, we're takin' the country back   Takin' the country back we're not sure just where it's at   We've got to get it back on track, we're takin' the country back      Bright lights and limousines fame and fortune I have seen   Still searchin' for that dream it's callin' me back home   Down to earth where the music's real singin' 'bout what the people feel   Timeless truth now that's the deal we got to pass in on y'all      Takin' the country back, it's high time we face the facts   Heart and soul slippin' through the cracks, we're takin' the country back      Takin' the country back, it's high time we face the facts   Heart and soul slippin' through the cracks, we're takin' the country back   Takin' the country back, it's high time we face the facts   We're not sure where we're taking but we're takin' the country back      Takin' the country back it's high time we face the facts   Heart and soul slippin' through the cracks we're takin' the country back   We're takin' the country back, takin' the country on back