Country Boy lyrics - Aaron Lewis (feat. Charlie Daniels, Chris Young & George Jones)

Now I grew up down an old dirt road, in a town you wouldn't know

My pops picked the place up for fifteen hundred bucks, back in nineteen sixty-four

My grandfather was a drinker, back in the day he'd put 'em down

But a war is known to change a man, and the whiskey's known to change a man

But, that's not me

I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll 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

Now it's 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 Marquee

He said, "You wanna sell a million records, boy? You better listen to me"

He said, "Change your style, whiten your smile

You could lose a couple pounds

If you want to live this life, you'd better lose that wife

Do you need your friends around?"

I said, "no that's not me"

'Cause the biggest things in life are your friends and family

And I like my jeans and my old t-shirts, and a couple extra pounds never really hurt

'Cause a country boy, is all I'll ever be

'Cause Hank taught me just how to stay alive

You'll never catch me out the house without my nine or fourty-five

I've got a big orange tractor and a diesel truck, and my idea of heaven's chasin' white tail bucks

And as a country boy, I know I can survive

Now two flags fly above my land, and really sum up how I feel

One is 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 it says, and I'll take that to my grave

Because, this is me

I'm proud to be American and strong in my beliefs

And I've said it before, but I'll say it again, 'cause I've never needed government to hold my hand

And I've said it before, but I'll say it again, 'cause my family's always fought and died to save this land

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

I love my country, I love my guns, I love my family, I love the way it is now

And anybody that tries to change it, has to come through me

That should be all of our attitudes, 'cause this is America, and a country boy is good enough for me, son