He was never voted "Most Likely to Succeed"

But still he married Tammy Bell, the prettiest girl in all of Knox County

And his uncle got him on at Thompson's Tool and Die

And now he;s a foreman and he's home each night by five



Not Bad for a farmer's son

Pretty good for where he comes from

He's got a house full of love and a yard full of kids

A car, a truck, a fishin' boat and a dozen best friends

And he ain't the richest man in Illinois

But not bad, not bad for a good ole boy



He got his picture in the paper right on the front page

He's smilin' with a nine-point buck he took on openin' day

Just last summer he bulit a deck on the house

And a fiew the family down to Florida to meet Mickey Mouse



Not Bad for a farmer's son

Pretty good for where he comes from

He's got a house full of love and a yard full of kids

A car, a truck, a fishin' boat and a dozen best friends

And he ain't the richest man in Illinois

But not bad, not bad for a good ole boy



Well he's a little league coach and a junior college grad

A volunter fireman and a full-time dad



Not Bad for a farmer's son

Pretty good for where he comes from

He's got a house full of love and a yard full of kids

A car, a truck, a fishin' boat and a dozen best friends

And he ain't the richest man in Illinois

But not bad, not bad for a good ole boy