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Now I grew up down an old dirt road |
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In a town you wouldn't know |
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My pop's picked the place up for fifteen hundred bucks |
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Back in 1964 |
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My grandfather was a drinker |
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Back in the day he put 'em down |
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But a war is known to change a man |
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And the whiskey's known to change a man |
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That's not me |
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I rarely drink from the bottle |
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but I'll smoke a little weed |
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I still live in the sticks where you wouldn't go |
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In a town of twelve hundred off an old dirt road |
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And a country boy is all I'll ever be |
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Now its been twelve years since I sold my soul |
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To the devil in L.A. |
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He said sign your name here on the dotted line |
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And your songs they all will play |
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He setup shop on sunset |
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He put me up at the Marquis |
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He said you wanna sell a million records boy |
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You better listen to me |
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He said change your style |
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Whiten your smile |
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you could lose a couple of pounds |
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You wanna live this life |
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You better lose that wife |
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Do you need your friends around |
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I said no that's not me |
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Cause the biggest things in life |
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are your friends and family |
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And I like my jeans and my old t-shirts |
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And a couple extra pounds never really hurt |
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Cause a country boy is all I'll ever be |
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Cause Hank taught me just how to stay alive |
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You'll never catch me out the house without my .9 or .45 |
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I got a big orange tractor and a diesel truck |
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My idea of heaven's chasin' whitetail bucks |
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And as a country boy you know I can survive |
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Now two flags fly above my land |
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That really sum up how I feel |
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One is the colors that fly high and proud |
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The red, the white, the blue |
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The other one's got a rattlesnake |
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with a simple statement made |
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"Don't Tread On Me" is what it says |
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and I'll take that to my grave |
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Because this is me |
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I'm proud to be American and strong in my beliefs |
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And I've said it before but I'll say it again |
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Cause I've never needed government to hold my hand |
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And I've said it before but I'll say it again |
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Cause my family's always fought and died to save this land |
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And a country boy is all I'll ever be |
