God's Country – English Lyrics

• By: Blake Shelton
• Album: Fully Loaded: God’s Country

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the soulful blend of country and Southern rock in Blake Shelton's "God's Country," a song that celebrates faith, community, and the enduring spirit of rural America. Discover how this powerful anthem revitalized Shelton's career and offers a glimpse into the values and emotions that define a way of life.

[English]

Right outside of this one church town

There's a gold dirt road to a whole lot of nothing

Got a deed to the land but it ain't my ground

This is God's country

We pray for rain and thank Him when it's fallin'

'Cause it brings a grain and a little bit of money

We put it back in a plate, I guess that's why they call it

God's country

I saw the light in a sunrise

Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy river side

Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine with the dogs runnin'

Saved by the sound of the being found

Dixie whistle 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 turn the dirt and work 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)

I saw the light in a sunrise

Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy river side

Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine with the dogs runnin'

Saved by the sound of the being found

Dixie whistle 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

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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 landing six feet deep in

God's country (Yeah)

I saw the light in a sunrise

Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy river side

Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine with the dogs runnin'

Saved by the sound of the being found

Dixie whistle 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

Yeah, I saw the light in a sunrise

Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy river side

Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine with the dogs runnin'

Saved by the sound of the being found

Dixie whistle 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

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