The Cleverness of Country Songs

I recently downloaded a big-ass playlist called Recovery Songs, which has music by a wide variety of artists--U2, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Cyndi Lauper, The Verve.... including country artists such as Travis Tritt and Tim McGraw. A couple of the country numbers are of that witty old-school variety that tickle me with tricks of language or twists on an old theme. Like this one:



(Oh, and I also think it's lovely.)