Honkytonk U

My grandmother owned a nightclub on the Arkansas-Oklahoma line Momma put me on a greyhound And I went to stay with her in the summertime I'd box up those empty long necks And stack'em in the back and make a hand Then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band Yes, I have sacked some quarterbacks And broke my share of bones along the way I knew it wouldn't last forever, semi-pro always means semi-paid I started climbin' drillin' rig, I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be, yeah Then I took my songs and guitar and sang 'em to a man from Tennessee I've played every beer joint tavern from New York city out to Pasadena Every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out every basketball arena I like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad City too I am a red, white and blue blood graduate of honky tonk you His star can't burn forever And the brightest ones will someday lose their shine But the gla*s won't ever be half empty in my optimistic mind I'll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it up and play it loud As long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honky tonk crowd I've played every beer joint tavern from new York city out to Pasadena Every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out ever basketball arena I like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad City too Son I'm a red, white and blue blood graduate of honky tonk you That's right a red, white and blue blood graduate of honky tonk you