{"id":20013,"date":"2019-11-08T12:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T19:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1814364"},"modified":"2019-11-08T12:15:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T19:15:35","slug":"thank-god-jimmy-fallon-was-a-country-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/thank-god-jimmy-fallon-was-a-country-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank God Jimmy Fallon Was a Country Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:684524?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n22m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MJgOGD_ZG8?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MJgOGD_ZG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Technically, when Jimmy Fallon showed up at the University of Texas at Austin and started singing John Denver\u2019s 1974 \u201cThank God I\u2019m a Country Boy,\u201d he was not \u2014 as his modified version of the song says \u2014 actually on Dirty Sixth (the street known for being kind of the college\u2019s dive bar row).<\/p>\n<p>But still, there was a lot of authenticity in Fallon\u2019s cold open for <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>\u2019s special night on campus: he had some real Texas Longhorn cheerleaders, the real Showband of the Southwest marching band, real Longhorn Hellraisers, and real Silver Spurs handlers of Bevo XV. Oh, and a special appearance from Tariq Luqmaan Trotter.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full lyric\u2019s the Fallon\u2019s cover of the Denver song:<\/p>\n<p><em>Well life here in Austin is kinda laid back<br \/>Got drunk on Dirty Sixth \u2018fore I even unpacked<br \/>Let\u2019s drink another beer before we head back<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well a Texas kinda life got a real kinda charm<br \/>Met a dude named Bevo on a Longhorn farm<br \/>Bled burnt orange when he poked me in the arm<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>Gimme brisket and ribs, a side of fried pickles<br \/>Suck down queso, get thick in the middle<br \/>Ate hot sauce till it came out my nipples<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>When my work\u2019s all done and I got a couple bucks<br \/>I grab a Bird scooter and I hit the food trucks<br \/>Top of my lungs screamin\u2019 \u201cO-U sucks!\u201d<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>Got a giant belt buckle, boots made of leather<br \/>Hot-ass weather, I don\u2019t need a sweater<br \/>The hats are all big here, and bigger is better<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>Gimme brisket and ribs, a side of fried pickles<br \/>Drink a Lone Star, pass out by the griddle<br \/>Playin\u2019 my guitar counts as workin\u2019 out a little<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>Gimme brisket and ribs, a side of fried pickles<br \/>Drink a Lone Star, pass out by the griddle<br \/>Get my stomach pumped at the county hospital<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s time for the show, gotta pick up the pace<br \/>Got a roomful of Longhorns, I can\u2019t make \u2018em wait<br \/>So let\u2019s hear it: \u201cCome early, be loud, stay late!\u201d<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>Well it\u2019s time to start the show, gonna be a big night<br \/>Gotta party with a crowd<br \/>Full of lit Austinites<br \/>So when I say \u201cTexas!\u201d<br \/>You say \u201cFight!\u201d<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<p>The heart of the Southwest<br \/>Is deep like Texas<br \/>I went to South-by<br \/>And saw two of my exes<br \/>The Lone Star State<br \/>That you best not mess with<br \/>They\u2019re barbecuing cowboy steaks for breakfast<br \/>Big Bossin\u2019 in the land you could get lost in<br \/>I get love from Stubb\u2019s<br \/>To the Limits of Austin<br \/>Even though I\u2019m a city boy<br \/>I bring the Philly noise<br \/>Here comes an episode<br \/>Everybody will enjoy<\/p>\n<p>Gimme brisket and ribs, a side of fried pickles<br \/>I\u2019m a cowboy, now boy, little by little<br \/>So I raise up my hand in the Hook \u2018em Horns symbol\u2026<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, back in New York where the lights are all bright<br \/>Got city folks tellin\u2019 me, \u201cHop the next flight.\u201d<br \/>But I tell you what, Austin is:<br \/>Alright, alright, alright<br \/>Thank God I\u2019m a country boy<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1814364\/thank-god-jimmy-fallon-was-a-country-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 22m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. Technically, when Jimmy Fallon showed up at the University of Texas at Austin and started singing John Denver\u2019s 1974 \u201cThank God I\u2019m a Country Boy,\u201d he was not \u2014 as his modified version of the song says \u2014 actually on Dirty Sixth (the street known for being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 12:05:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}