Let Your Boys Be Country – English Lyrics

• By: Jason Aldean
• Album: Highway Desperado

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Let your boys be country

Let 'em keep that red dirt on his boots

Make 'em proud of that middle nowhere

He's got down in his roots

Let 'em work in a hay field, sweating

For a little summer cash

Raise 'em hard, raise 'em tough

Bring 'em up to have their brother's back

Let 'em ride 'round trucks, making backroad noise

Let 'em hang out on Friday, gettin' wild with the boys

Let 'em go to the woods in the cold, painted up camo green

Yeah, let 'em chase, let 'em fall for a small-town girl

Let everything inside these county lines be his whole world

You want him to grow up to be someone he's damn proud to be

Mamas, let your boys be country

Teach 'em "Yes, ma'am" and "No, ma'am"

And never turn down a cold beer

Tell 'em there ain't nothin' greener

Than the grass you're standing on right here (yeah)

Let 'em ride 'round trucks, making backroad noise

Let 'em hang out on Friday, gettin' wild with the boys

Let 'em go to the woods in the cold, painted up camo green

Yeah, let 'em chase, let 'em fall for a small-town girl

Let everything inside these county lines be his whole world

You want him to grow up to be someone he's damn proud to be

Mamas, let your boys be country

Mamas, let your boys be country

Yeah, let 'em chase, let 'em fall for a small-town girl

Let everything inside these county lines be his whole world

You want him to grow up to be someone he's damn proud to be

Mamas, let your boys be country

Let 'em ride 'round trucks, making backroad noise (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)

Let 'em hang out on Friday, gettin' wild with the boys (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)

Let 'em go to the woods in the cold, painted up camo green (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)

Mamas, let your boys be country

Let your boys be country

Key Grammar Structures

• Let your boys be country

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verb 'let' is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or advice.

• He's got down in his roots

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ 'Has got down' is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Raise 'em hard, raise 'em tough

  ➔ Imperative Mood with Contraction

  ➔ The contraction 'em' is used in the imperative mood for 'them', making the command more informal and direct.

• Let 'em ride 'round trucks

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ 'Ride 'round' is a phrasal verb meaning to ride around, emphasizing the action of moving in a circular or surrounding manner.

• Let 'em hang out on Friday

  ➔ Present Tense with Specific Time

  ➔ The present tense 'hang out' is used with a specific time 'on Friday', indicating a habitual action on a particular day.

• Let everything inside these county lines be his whole world

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used in 'be his whole world' to express a wish or desire.

• Mamas, let your boys be country

  ➔ Vocative Case

  ➔ 'Mamas' is in the vocative case, used to address the audience directly.

• Yeah, let 'em chase, let 'em fall

  ➔ Parallel Structure

  ➔ The parallel structure 'let 'em chase, let 'em fall' uses the same grammatical form to list actions, creating balance and emphasis.