{Verse 1]        I just got the news today the record I sent them they threw it away It don’t fit the format don’t make the list They said I’m too old won’t even be missed [Verse 2] It happened to Jones and even The Hag Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash They kicked em right out without even a word But that ain’t the end of the story I heard [Chorus] ’Cause Cash stomped out the footlights Haggard plum had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones never showed up at all Well they lived what they wrote and wrote what they sang   So getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing Instrumental [Verse 3] I just wrote a new song today I pulled out my old guitar and I started to play Pressing my fingers into the strings I felt the feelings a country song brings [Verse 4] I did some Jones and one for The Hag Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash     They all got kicked outta country back then But then one day country came calling again [Chorus] And Cash stomped out the footlights and Haggard plum had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones showed up after all [Outro] They lived what the wrote and they wrote what they sang So getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing It don’t really matter because I ain’t gonna change Cause getting kicked outta country won’t hurt a thing