my grandmother owned a nightclub on the arkansasoklahoma line
momma put me on a greyhound and i went
to stay with her in the summertime
i’d box up those empty long necks and stack’em in the back and make
a hand
then at night she’d let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band
yes i have sacked some quarterbacks and broke my share of bones along the way
i knew it wouldn’t
last forever semipro always means semipaid
i started climbing’ drilling’ rig i’m oil field trash and
proud as i can be
then i took my songs and and sang’em to a man from tennessee
i’ve played every beer joint tavern from new york city out to pasadena
every corn dog fair and rodeo
and sold out every basketball arena
i like to get down with my boys in afghanistan and baghdad city
too
i am a red white and blue blood graduate of honkytonk u
a star can’t burn forever and the brightest ones will someday lose their shine
but the glass won’t
ever be half empty in my optimistic mind
i’ll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it up and
play it loud
as long as there’s a bar room with a corner stage and a honkytonk crowd
i’ve played every beer joint tavern from new york city out to pasadena
every corn dog fair and rodeo
and sold out ever basketball arena
i like to get down with my boys in afghanistan and baghdad city
too
son i’m a red white and blue blood graduate of honkytonk u
that’s right a red white and blue
blood graduate of honkytonk u
Artist: Toby Keith
Year: 2005
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 162