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Now I grew up down an old dirt road
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In a town you wouldnt know
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My pop picked a 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 whiskeys known to change a man but

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Thats not me
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I rarely drink from the bottle but Ill smoke a little weed
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I still live in the sticks where you wouldnt 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 Ill 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 set up shop on Sunset
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He put me up at the  Marquis
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He said you want to sell a million records boy
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You better listen to me

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He said change your style, whiten your smile 
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you could lose a couple pounds
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And if you want to live this life
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You better lose that wife
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Do ya need your friends around?

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I said..          No thats not me
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Cause the biggest things in life are your friends and family
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And I like my jeans and my old tshirts
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and couple extra pounds never really hurt
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And a country boy is all Ill ever be

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Cause Hank taught me just how to stay alive
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Youll never catch me out the house without my .9 or .45
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I got a big orange tracker and a diesel truck
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My idea of heaven is chasing white tail bucks
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And as a country boy I 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 ones got a rattlesnake 
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with a simple statement made
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"Don't Tread On Me" is what is 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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Im proud to be American and strong in my beliefs
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And Ive said it before but Ill say it again
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Cause I never needed a government to hold my hand
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And Ive said it before but Ill say it again
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Cause my familys always fought and died to save this land
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And a country boy is all I'll ever be