[Verse 1]
When was the last time you heard Workin' Man Blues?
And thought about love and the hot afternoon
What goes on behind closed doors
I guess nobody's got the gust to cut them songs anymore
'Cause all I hear is pop when the radio is on
Tell me, where has all the country gone?

[Verse 2]
Doesn't anybody listen with their ears anymore?
Evidently not or else they'd all be sore
All this cotton candy cloggin' up the radio
Left a bunch of [?] without a [?] to [?]
I wanna hear somethin' with some meat on its bonеs
Tell me, wherе has all the country gone?

[Refrain]
I need some steel and a fiddle and I don't mean a little
So turn them guitars down a notch
Let's do some honkin-tonkin', let the bass man do some walkin'
A shuffle sure would hit the spot
Man, I need some [?] 'cause I'm jonesing for some jones
Tell me, where has all the country gone?

[Instrumental Break]
Aw, now that's country

[Verse 4]
Going any [?] larger [?]
Sit and have a drink and you'll know it's true
There's a lot of people out there just like me
Starvin' for a [?] and a three-chord melody
We just wanna hear the stuff we was raised upon
Tell me, where has all the country gone?

[Refrain]
I need some steel and a fiddle and I don't mean a little
So turn them guitars down a notch
Let's do some honkin-tonkin', let the bass man do some walkin'
A shuffle sure would hit the spot
Man, I need some [?] 'cause I'm jonesing for some jones
Tell me, where has all the country gone?

[Outro]
Lord, tell me, where has all the country gone?