Way back in where the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it you can smell the steam off the grass Even dew on the of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must have about six Life was so back in the sticks 16 old mother fought for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Cooper, Randy Travis Aerosmith my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the party to be frank It wasn't too long before I tried it and then started to drink School became boring and doing my homework became rollin' Now I'm like my mama was when she had a little boy Can't imagine it now as I back 'cause I got three kids of my own And I what she went through to pay for food and clothes And her it ain't what she did, it's what she didn't do for me That brought me to moment And me who I am on this recording And this is my
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20 old in the streets and I'm rollin' with gangsters now is takin' over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me the school of hard knocks And I carry that with me to this day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed Always running from and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my peace the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," surrounded by And maybe some day I's I was against the grain, even when I was growin' Got back into rock and roll, and then got into Started expressin' I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, because I had And man that was alright, 'cause now I had Little did I know that would be the hardest thing to do God ever put me So I took a look at I've been through And I made it my glory, and is...
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It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a tour My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my truck to go meet the And I'm excited to get on the road, already one foot out the Turn around and my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause is leavin' Knows that I'll be for months and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll call you everyday And daddy sing you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But not enough, and it's breakin' my heart in two Just knowin' I can't stay, not to see it through And that I can't her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now bein' left behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my and held her tight And said, "Hey you know what? Daddy used to be like you I would walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so chase your One day use everything you've been through to be anything, baby girl is my story
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