New York City is a thousand miles away   And if you ask me, I?ll tell you, ?That?s okay?   Well, I?m not trying to put The Big Apple down   They don?t need a man like me in town      Well, I pick cotton down on the Dixie Line   I work all day just tryin? to make a dime   But that?s alright, that?s okay by me   ?Cause that?s the way that it was meant to be      Big city, hard times don?t bother me   I?m a country boy, I?m as happy as I can be      I don?t like smoke chokin? up my air   And some of those city folks, well they don?t care   I don?t like cars buzzin' around   I don?t even want a piece of concrete in my town      Well, I, I like sunshine, fresh clean air   Makes me feel like, well, you wouldn?t care   But that?s alright now, each to his own   But one smell from the city   And this country boy is gone      I said, big city, hard times never bother me   I?m a country boy, I?m as happy as I can be      Well, I don?t wanna even read about it      Let me tell you somethin', let me tell you true   What?s right for me might not be right for you   Well, you live your way, I?ll live mine   An' I hope that you're happy all the time      But I pick cotton down on the Dixie line   I work all day tryin? to make a dime   But that?s alright, that?s okay by me   ?Cause that?s the way it was supposed to be      Now big city, hard times never bother me   I?m a country boy, I?m as happy as I can be      Let me tell ya      I said, big city, hard times never bother me   I?m a country boy, I?m as happy as I can be      Ooh, that?s my way, baby   I don?t want you to even tell me about the big city   I don?t want to read about it