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| 1 | Well, granddaddy was a hillbilly scholar, blue collar of a man | Written by Kip Raines and Jeffrey Steele | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | He came from the school where you didn't need nothin' | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | If you couldn't make it with your own two hands | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | He was backwoods, backwards, used words like | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | No sir, yes, ma'am, by God, be darned | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Hell yeah, I'm American | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | And all the years he walked this earth, I swear all he did was work | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | He said, "The Devil dreams on an idle horse, so you listen to me squirt" | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Don't get too high on a bottle | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | And get right with the man | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Fight your fights, find a grace | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | And all the things that you can change | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | And help somebody if you can | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Now granny said, "Sonny, stick to your guns | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | If you believe in something, no matter what | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | 'Cause it's better to be hated for who you are | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Than be loved for who you're not" | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Well, Grandaddy was a hillbilly | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | scholar, blue collar of a man. | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | He came from the school where you didn't need nothin', | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | If you couldn't make it with your own two hands. | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | He was backwoods, backwards, used words like: | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | "No Sir," "Yes, | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Ma'am," "By God," | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | "Be darned," | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | "Hell yeah, I'm American." | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | In all the years he walked this earth, | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | I swear all he did was work. | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | He said: "The devil dreams on an idle horse, | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | "So you listen to me squirt. | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | "Don't get too high on the bottle, | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | And get right with the Man. | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Fight your fights, find a grace, | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | And all the things that you can change, | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | And help somebody if you can." | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Now Granny said: "Sonny, stick to your ganas, | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | If you believe in something, no matter what, | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 'Cause it's better to be hated for who you are, | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Than be loved for who you're not." | 24 | ||||||||||||
| She was five feet of concrete | She was five feet of concrete | |||||||||||||
| 2 | New York born an' raised on a slick city street | New York born an' raised on a slick city street. | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | She'd cold-stare you down, stand her ground | She'd cold-stare you down, stand her ground, | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Still kickin' and screamin' at 93 | Still kickin' and screamin' at 93. | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | I remember just how frail she looked in that hospital bed: | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | I remember just how frail she looked in that hospital bed | Takin' her last few breaths of life, smilin' as she said: | 6 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Takin' her last few breaths of life, smilin' as she said | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | "Don't get too high on the bottle, | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | "Don't get too high on a bottle | Just a little sip ev'ry now and then. | 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Just a little sip every now and then | Fight your fights, find a grace, | 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Fight your fights, find a grace | And all the things that you can change, | 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | And all the things that you can change | And help somebody if you can. | 11 | |||||||||||
| 12 | And help somebody if you can | And get right with the Man." | 12 | |||||||||||
| 21 | And get right with the man" | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | C'mon now, yeah | Instrumental Break. | 13 | |||||||||||
| 14 | (C'mon now.) | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | I never let a cowboy make the coffee | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Yeah, that's what granny always said to my granddad | "I never let a cowboy make the coffee." | 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | And he'd say, "Never tell a joke that ain't that funny more than once | Yeah, thats what Granny always said to my Grandad. | 16 | |||||||||||
| 17 | "And if you wanna hear God laugh, tell him your plans" | And he'd say: "Never tell a | 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | joke that ain't that funny more than | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Don't get too high on a bottle | once." | 19 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Get right with the man, son | And "if you wanna hear God laugh, | 20 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Fight your fights, find a grace | tell Him your plans." | 21 | |||||||||||
| 23 | And all the things that you can change | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | And help somebody if you can | "Don't get too high on the bottle, | 22 | |||||||||||
| 23 | And get right with the man | Get right with the Man, son. | 23 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Fight your fights, find a grace, | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Yeah | And all the things that you can change, | 25 | |||||||||||
| 26 | (Get too high) | And help somebody if you can. | 26 | |||||||||||
| 27 | (Help somebody if you can) | And get right with the Man." | 27 | |||||||||||
| And get right with the man | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | Yeah. | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 26 | (Get too high.) | 26 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | (Help somebody if you can.) | 27 | ||||||||||||
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