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 longnecks 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' rigs,

I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be

Then I took my songs and guitar

and sang 'em to a man from Tennessee



CHORUS

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 from Afghanistan and Baghdad City too

I am a red, white and blue blooded graduate of Honkytonk U



A star can't burn forever, and the brightest ones will someday lose

their shine

But the glass won't ever be half empty in my optimistic mind

I'll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it ip and play it

loud, As long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honkytonk

crowd



REPEAT CHORUS



That's right, a red, white and blue blooded graduate of Honkytonk U