When I look around it seems
The devil's working overtime overtime
He's over growing fields of truth
Like a poison ivy vine
Like a vine yeah
But out here in God's country
Where the people don't suffer lies
We live a little thing I like to call
The Mayberry Life
I used to watch that show with my daddy
About a better time long ago so long ago
In black and white Andy and Barney
Taught me all the things I needed to know
I needed to know yeah
About helping friends and neighbors
About waving Old Glory high
And about living a thing I like to call
The Mayberry Life
And there's still a few places
The Sheriff don't feel the need to tote a gun
The jails cells sit there empty
While old church bells are rung
And kids and dogs still chase after fireflies
And cane pole fishing is the best way to pass time
Where we live a thing i like to call
We live a thing I like to call
Where we live a little thing I like to call
The Mayberry Life