There was a group of little guys grew up together   In the fifties when rock and roll was hot   And every time they turned on a radio station   Chuck Berry and Little Richard was all they got      And then one night, they heard the country gentleman   Playing something new in a brand new way      Chet would you play   Still hear him today   Chet you're the reason   We're country today      We only met but never got to know him   Till our first TV special years ago   So then we called and asked him   If he'd come by and do a little picking on our show      And there we sat in front of all America   Like we used to sit in front of our radios      Chet would you play   Still hear him today   Chet you're the reason   We're country today      Chet you're the reason   We're country today