Our Daddy liked George Jones, Haggard and Buck Owens,
Momma liked the Eagles and The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
When I was just a little kid, I became a hybrid:
Super-country, evangelic, rockabilly, psychaedelic cowboy.
There's a new branch on the family-tree.
An' it all starts right here with me, yeah.

I'm a super-country, evangelic, rockabilly, psychaedelic cowboy.
I'm a "Twist 'n Shout", an' they keep breakin',
Puts the move on you right now boy.
Get up outta your seat.
There's a new branch on the family-tree.
An' it all starts right here with me, yeah.

We never sang "Hound Dog": they said it was the devil's tongue.
They censored him on Sullivan, now he's loved by everyone.
Oh, there's an FM evolution, country music revolution.
LP, CD, rip it from your MP3, boy.
Oh, there's a new branch on the family-tree.
An' it all starts right here with me, yeah.

I'm a super-country, evangelic, rockabilly, psychaedelic cowboy.
I'm a "Twist 'n Shout", an' they keep breakin',
Puts the move on you right now boy.
Get up outta your seat.
There's a new branch on the family-tree.
An' it all starts right here with me, yeah.

Oh, there's a new branch on the family-tree.
An' it all starts right here with me, yeah.

I'm a super-country, evangelic, rockabilly, psychaedelic cowboy.
I'm a "Twist 'n Shout", an' they keep breakin',
Puts the move on you right now boy.
Super-country, evangelic, rockabilly, psychaedelic cowboy.
Get up outta your seat.