I love to hear the sound of a violin Mixed up with a steel guitar and accordion A drummer doing waltz time A singer on guitar Cracklin' through on the airwaves In this dirty, dusty bar Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club were playin' On the radio today Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club were singin' Country music's here to stay My gal and I make love to Frankie Lane Singin' songs of cattle, cowboys, and the open plain Marty, Hank, and Jimmy Reeves We waved 'em all goodbye With a head 'em on up, and a move 'em on out To them ghostriders in the sky Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club were playin' On the radio today Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club were singin' Country music's here to stay Bridge: I said, my sweet petunia darlin', I'm just a country kinda hick She said,"My dearest darlin'baby,you're my kinda Dick" Solo: Sunsets on a long and lonely open road And rises hours later to a universal code The country singer's drivin' He's out there headin' home I pray for the safe return From wherever that Dick may roam Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club were playin' On the radio today Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club were singin' Country music's here to stay Country music's here to stay Country music's here to stay