Well I grew up down an old dirt road In a town you wouldn't know My pop's picked a place up for fifteen hundred bucks Back in 1964 My grandfather was a drinker Back in the day we put him down But war is known to change a man And whiskey's known to change a man
That's not me I really drink from the bottle but I 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
Its 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 on marque He said you want to sell a million records boy You better listen to me He said change your style While in your smile you can lose a couple pounds And if you want to live this life You better lose that wife Don't even need your friends around
And I said that's not me The biggest things in life is your friends and family And I like my jeans and my old t-shirt A couple extra pounds never really hurt Because a country boy is all I'll ever be And Hank taught me how to stay alive You'll never catch me out the house without my .9 or .45 I got a big orange tracker and a diesel truck My idea of heaven is chasing wild tail bucks And as a country boy I know I can survive
Now two flags fly above my land That really sum up how I feel One's the colors that fly high and proud The red, the white, the blue The other one's got a rattlesnake with a simple statement made 'Don't tread on me' is what is says and I'll take that to my grave
Because this is me Proud to be American and strong in my beliefs And I've said it before but I'll say it again Because I never need a government to hold my hand And I've said it before but I'll say it again Because my family's always fought and died to save this land And a country boy is all I'll ever be