Way back in Alabama where the roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can the steam off the grass dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I must have about six Life was so back in the sticks 16 year old mother fought for the life she for her son for love in the world of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Randy Aerosmith kept my on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the party to be frank It too long before I tried it myself and then started to drink School became boring and my homework became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen like my was when she had a little boy Can't imagine it now as I look back 'cause I got kids of my own And I respect what she through to pay for food and clothes And her 'Cause it ain't she did, it's what she didn't do for me That me to this moment And made me who I am on this And is my story
This is my This is my This is what me alive This is me is me trying This is what keeps me
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 through the of hard knocks And I that attitude with me to this day, more or not And I'm young and Always running from and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my peace from the Was no "mother-may-I's," by have-nots And maybe day I's well I was against the grain, even when I was growin' Got back into rock and roll, and then got into Started expressin' everything I could through the 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 would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at I've been through And I made it my glory, and is...
is my story This is my This is what keeps me is me flying This is me This is what me alive
a 2 AM bus 'craw; from 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 the crew And I'm excited to get on the road, already one foot out the around and it's my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause is leavin' Knows that I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll you everyday And daddy will sing you prayers from everywhere we go play" But that's not enough, and it's my heart in two Just I can't stay, not even to see it through And that I can't her in, to say goodbye with a grin Now she's bein' behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and her tight And said, "Hey you what? Daddy used to be just like you When I walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so chase your One day you'll use everything been through to be anything, baby girl is my story
This is my is my glory This is what keeps me is me flying This is me This is what keeps me