Free

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 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 Marque

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 of pounds

If you want to live this life, you 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-shirt

And a couple extra pounds never really hurt

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

'Cause Hank taught me how to stay alive

You'd never catch me out the house without my nine or forty-five

I got a big orange tractor and a diesel truck

And my idea of heaven is chasing white-tailed 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 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