Old Town Road (But It’s Actually Country This Time)
Alex (TikTok Country Session)
Description
A hilariously authentic and stripped-down deconstruction of 'Old Town Road' that embraces traditional country music to its most stereotypical core. Alex (TikTok Country Session) delivers a deadpan performance that lampoons genre gatekeeping while inadvertently creating a genuinely enjoyable, albeit deliberately bland, country waltz.
Lyrics
[Intro] (Spoken deadpan, slight Southern drawl) "Alright, alright, settle down. No features, no banjo sample... wait, I lied, there's a banjo. But just barely. Just me and this eighty-dollar guitar and a banjo that's seen better days. Happy now? This one's for all the purists." [Verse 1] Yeah, I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road He’s thirty-two and got arthritis, movin’ real slow Got the boots on my feet that my granddaddy wore Hat so old it remembers the Alamo war Can’t nobody tell me I ain’t country now Three chords and the truth, take a bow [Chorus] Ridin’ on my horse ‘til I can’t no more This is real country, open a vein and pour Whiskey and tears, into this old song Ridin' on my horse, where I belong [Verse 2] Got a dog named Blue and a rusty old truck My luck ain't great, but I don't give a cluck Sunrise to sunset, workin' the land Calloused hands and a simple plan Can’t nobody tell me I ain’t country true Singin' 'bout my sorrows, and feelin' blue [Chorus] Ridin’ on my horse ‘til I can’t no more This is real country, open a vein and pour Whiskey and tears, into this old song Ridin' on my horse, where I belong [Bridge] (Harmonica solo - intentionally simplistic and slightly out of tune) [Chorus] Ridin’ on my horse ‘til I can’t no more This is real country, open a vein and pour Whiskey and tears, into this old song Ridin' on my horse, where I belong [Outro] (Spoken, even more deadpan) "Yep. That's it. Country. Now leave me alone. And someone get this banjo away from me."