That was originally satire or sarcasm by David Allan Coe....
Not a template
Amarillo by morning is a nice driving across the plains song but sorta country pop
Very little real country gets airplay anymore
Jone’s classic is definitely a top 5 or 10
The best country song is an elusive beast
Hank I
Waylon
Acuff
Mile
Loretta
Tammy
Johnny Cash....libtards go to country guy
Tubbs
Snow
Monroe
My wife would leave me for Strait...lol
Actually, it was originally a humorous song written by the late Steve Goodman and John Prine.
That's Chicago's Steve Goodman, who wrote City of New Orleans, which was made famous by Arlo Guthrie at the Newport Folk Festival and recorded by everyone with a guitar and a microphone.