Country Boy (Radio Edit)

Now I grew up down an old dirt road, in a town you wouldn't know

My pops picked the place up for fifteen hundred bucks back in 1964

My grandfather was a drinker, back in the day he put 'em down

But a war is known to change a man

And the whiskey's known to change a man

But, that's not me

I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll smoke a little weed

I still live in the sticks where you wouldn't go

In a town of twelve hundred off an old dirt road

And a country boy is all I'll ever be

Now it's been twelve years since I sold my soul to the devil in L.A.

He said sign your name here on the dotted line

And your songs they all will play

He set up shop on Sunset, he put me up at the Marquee

He said, "You wanna sell a million records, boy? You better listen to me"

He said, "Change your style, whiten your smile

You could lose a couple of pounds

And if you want to live this life, you better lose that wife

Do you need your friends around?"

I said, no that's not me

'Cause the biggest things in life are your friends and family

And I like my jeans and my old t-shirts

And a couple extra pounds never really hurt

'Cause a country boy is all I'll ever be

'Cause Hank taught me just how to stay alive

You'll never catch me out the house without my nine or forty-five

I got a big orange tractor and a diesel truck

And my idea of heaven's chasing white tail bucks

And as a country boy, I know I can survive

Now two flags fly above my land, and really sum up how I feel

One is the colors that fly high and proud

The red, the white, the blue

The other ones got a rattlesnake with a simple statement made

"Don't tread on me" is what it says, and I'll take that to my grave

Because, this is me

I'm proud to be American and strong in my beliefs

And I've said it before but I'll say it again

'Cause I've never needed government to hold my hand

And I've said it before but I'll say it again

'Cause my family has always fought and died to save this land

And a country boy is all I'll ever be