He was never voted "Most Likely to Succeed"   But still he married Tammy Bell, the prettiest girl in all of Knox County   And his uncle got him on at Thompson's Tool and Die   And now he;s a foreman and he's home each night by five      Not Bad for a farmer's son   Pretty good for where he comes from   He's got a house full of love and a yard full of kids   A car, a truck, a fishin' boat and a dozen best friends   And he ain't the richest man in Illinois   But not bad, not bad for a good ole boy      He got his picture in the paper right on the front page   He's smilin' with a nine-point buck he took on openin' day   Just last summer he bulit a deck on the house   And a fiew the family down to Florida to meet Mickey Mouse      Not Bad for a farmer's son   Pretty good for where he comes from   He's got a house full of love and a yard full of kids   A car, a truck, a fishin' boat and a dozen best friends   And he ain't the richest man in Illinois   But not bad, not bad for a good ole boy      Well he's a little league coach and a junior college grad   A volunter fireman and a full-time dad      Not Bad for a farmer's son   Pretty good for where he comes from   He's got a house full of love and a yard full of kids   A car, a truck, a fishin' boat and a dozen best friends   And he ain't the richest man in Illinois   But not bad, not bad for a good ole boy