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Don't Call It Country

from Don't Call It Country by Wolf van Elfmand

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Well the boys just got back in town
Went to Texas and they changed their sound
Found a fiddle and a pedal steel
Got some twang and a low-down feel
They’d like to find a scene that fits
But one word they must omit
Their agent he told ‘em bluntly
Don’t call it country

Yeah there’s rockabilly, red dirt, outlaw, Americana
Chicken pickin’, old-timey, honkytonk, Louisiana
Cosmic, cajun, western swing, and soul

Yeah there's alt-folk, new folk, stomp folk, true folk
Muddy roots, jug band, gospel, zydeco
And Texan or Tejano

And there’s bluegrass, new-grass, jam-grass, post-grass
Most grass won’t have drums
But don’t call it country

Susie wants to go to a show
She’d like some friends to tag along
She tells Luanne the bill
Luanne don’t sound too thrilled
She says “You know I like most anything
Yea I’d even like to go out dancing
But I ain’t a big country fan
Do you think we’d see a different band?”

Yeah there’s rockabilly, red dirt, outlaw, Americana
Chicken pickin, old-timey, honkytonk, Louisiana
Cosmic, cajun, western swing, and soul

There's alt-folk, new folk, ‘stomp folk, true folk
Muddy roots, jug band, gospel, zydeco
And Texan or Tejano

And there’s bluegrass, new-grass, jam-grass, post-grass
Most grass won’t have drums
But don’t call it country

Well the boys’ pride was much too demanding
They wouldn’t change their sound or their branding
They just had to be a real country group
Wearing pearl snaps and great big boots
But the shows weren’t too well attended
Record sales had all but ended
And they lamented in a four-part harmony
Why’d we call it country

Yeah there’s rockabilly, red dirt, outlaw, Americana
Chicken pickin’, old-timey, honkytonk, Louisiana
Cosmic, cajun, western swing, and soul

Yeah there's alt-folk, new folk, stomp folk, true folk
Muddy roots, jug band, gospel, zydeco
And Texan or Tejano

And there’s bluegrass, new-grass, jam-grass, post-grass
Most grass won’t have drums
But don’t call it country

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from Don't Call It Country, released March 1, 2024

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Wolf van Elfmand Brooklyn, New York

Wolf van Elfmand makes songs and plays the guitar. His music explores genres within the realm of Americana from finger-picking country to good ol’ fashioned rock & roll. A live Wolf show is sure to make you smile, and possibly think, but not too hard

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