Country Sunshine Song Lyrics and Chords by Dottie West
Country Sunshine
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by
Dottie West, Bill Davis, Dianne Whiles
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I was raised on country sun-shine
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green grass beneath my feet
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Running through fields of daisies a
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wading through the creek
You
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love me and it's inviting to go where
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life is more exciting
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raised on country
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sunshine
I was raised on country sunshine
I'm
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happy with the simple things
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Saturday night dance a picture show and the
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joy that the bluebird brings
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I love you please believe me I wouldn't
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want you to ever leave me
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raised on country
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sunshine
There's
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just something bout the morning makes each
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day a joy to see
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nighttime brings a peaceful feeling
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rest inside of me
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I love you please believe me I wouldn't
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want you to ever leave me
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raised on country
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sunshine
Yes you love me and it's inviting to go where
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life is more exciting
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raised on country
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sunshine
Hmmm I was
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raised on country
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sunshine
Oh I was
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raised on country
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sunshine
FAQ
Who sang the the song Country Sunshine?
- The song Country Sunshine was sang by Dottie West.
Who is Dottie West?
- Dorothy "Dottie" Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 - September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. West's career started in the 1960s, with her top-10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965, the first woman in country music to receive a Grammy.
In the early 1970s, West wrote a popular commercial for the Coca-Cola company, titled "Country Sunshine", which reached number two on Billboard's Hot Country Singles in 1973. In the late 1970s, she teamed up with country pop superstar Kenny Rogers for a series of duets, which took her career to new highs, earning platinum-selling albums and number-one records for the first time.
Her duet recordings with Rogers, "Every Time Two Fools Collide", "All I Ever Need Is You", and "What Are We Doin' in Love", became country music standards. In the mid-1970s, her image and music underwent a metamorphosis, bringing her to the peak of her popularity as a solo act, and reaching number one on her own for the first time in 1980 with "A Lesson in Leavin'".
In 2018, West was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
