Country music in the 1950s:
My baby gone done me wrong and ain’t nobody understands but this here whiskey.
Country music in the 1960s:
Sure, I pulled the trigger but society is to blame.
Country music in the 1970s:
I didn’t die before I got old.
Country music in the early 80s:
I won’t live forever but my spirit will.
Country music in the late 80s/early 90s:
Hey! Gucci makes cowboy hats now!
Country music in the late 90s/early 00s:
Okay, I just smoked a bunch of weed and my car’s a real shitbox but whatever dude, wanna go for a drive?
Country music in the 2010s:
U!S!A! U!S!A!
Country music in the 2020s:
I was watching my 100-inch TV and saw a thing on cable news that made me so damn mad I bought another 6-pack of assault rifles to stop the dirty people from looking at my suburban mansion.
Thank you for your service, Kris Kristofferson.
“But I am living still…”
