I was sitting on a wooden stool

In a barbecue joint in Tennessee

When this ole boy walked in

And he sat right down next to me

I could tell he'd been through some hard times

There were tear stains on his old shirt

And he said you wanna know what you get

When you play a country song backwards



You get your house back

You get your dog back

You get your best friend Jackson back

You get your truck back

You get your hair back

Ya get your first and second wives back



Your front porch swing

going ding a ling ling ling

Your bling bling bling and a diamond ring

Your get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley

that old black cat named Charlie



Sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd

But that's what you get when you play a country song backwards



Well I never heard it said quite like that

but It hit me in the face cause that's where I'm at

I almost fell flat out on the floor

He said wait a minute that's not all theres even more



You get your mind back

you get your nerves back

Your achy breaky heart back



You get your pride back

You get your life back

You get your first real love back



You get your big screen TV, a DVD and a washing machine

You get the pond and the lawn

The bail and the mower

You go back where you don't know her



It sounds a little crazy a little scattered and absurd

But that's what you get

When you play a country song backwards

Oh play that song

Woo!!!



We sat there and shot the bull about how it would be

If we could rewind it all and go back in T. I. M. E.



You get your house back

You get your dog back

You get your best friend Jackson back



You get your truck back

You get your hair back

Ya get your first and second wives back



Your front porch swing

Goin ding a ling a ling 

Your bling bling bling and a diamond ring

Your get your farm and the barn and the boat and the Harley

that old black cat named Charlie



You get your mind back

you get your nerves back

Your achy breaky heart back



You get your pride back

You get your life back

You get your first real love back



You get your big screen TV, a DVD and a washing machine

You get the pond and the lawn

The bail and the mower



You go back where you don't know her

It sounds a little crazy a little scattered and absurd

But that's what you get

When you play a country song backwards