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Now I grew up down an old dirt road

 In a town you wouldnt know

 My pop's picked a 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 whiskeys known to change a man but...

 Thats not me

 I rarely drink from the bottle but Ill smoke a little weed

 I still live in the sticks where you wouldnt go

 In a town of twelve hundred off an old dirt road

 And a country boy is all Ill ever be....

Now 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 at the Marquis

 He said you want to sell a million records boy

You better listen to me

 He said change your style, whiten your smile

 you could lose a couple pounds

 And if you want to live this life

 You better lose that wife

 Do ya need your friends around?

 I said.. No thats not me

 Cause the biggest things in life are your friends and family

 And I like my jeans and my old t-shirts

 and couple extra pounds never really hurt

 And a country boy is all Ill ever be....

 Cause Hank taught me just how to stay alive

 Youll 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 white 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 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 is says

 and I'll take that to my grave

 Because..... this is me

 Im proud to be American and strong in my beliefs

 And Ive said it before but Ill say it again

 Cause I never needed a government to hold my hand

 And Ive said it before but Ill say it again

 Cause my familys always fought and died to save this land

 And a country boy is all I'll ever be....