Raised on Country - Chris Young

Snap backs and levi jeans, Pbr and burnt CDs Running for the grass on the hot concrete Still working on our summer feet Cheap gas and ready ice, Trunk music and headlight fights Dodging smoke from a riverbank fire Pretty girl and a pickup line like "Hey what's your name, you know smoke follows beauty baby" We stayed up all night long Made our drinks too strong Feeling ten feet tall Ropes swinging into the water In the middle of the night Like oh-oh-oh oh oh Breaking our boots in Stompin' in the ground we grew up on Yeah, we were raised on it Worked hard and played on it We had it made on it We were born and raised on it Car wash at the custom tent Sticky quarters and pine tree scent The only sign that we ever got stuck Is the muddy chain in the back of the truck 5-1's with a 20 on top Three guard at the barber shop Duckin' from your ex at the 4 way stop Turn the music down when you're passing the cops We stayed up all night long Made our drinks too strong Feeling ten feet tall Ropes swinging into the water In the middle of the night Like oh-oh-oh oh oh Breaking our boots in Stompin' in the ground we grew up on Yeah, we were raised on it Mama's prayer and daddy's speech Front porch philosophies A Little too young and dumb to see Just what it all meant to me We stayed up all night long Made our drinks too strong Feeling ten feet tall Ropes swinging into the water In the middle of the night Like oh-oh-oh oh oh Breaking our boots in Stompin' in the ground we grew up on Yeah, we were raised on it

The wind blows hard across the Texas plains Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playin' in the burnin' sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls but just one comes The other one runs With a Christian sense of wrong and right We were born and raised in black and white One learned to pray, one loved to fight We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white Brother took to the gospel road Spent his whole live saving souls When he looked at me, his blood ran cold He didn't even try I had no dreams, I had no plans But a gun felt good in my right hand The warden asked, "How come you killed that man?" I said, "I don't know why" "Welcome home," said the hot moonlight We were born and raised in black and white One lives to pray, one prays for life We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white Someone handed me a cigarette They offered me my last request I asked my mortal soul be blessed By someone close to me He came to me with trembling hands He swore he'd never understand I said it's just what life had planned It's destiny Don't waste your tears on me tonight We were born and raised in black and white I chose the dark, you chased the light We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas plains Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain

Face down on a broken street There's a man in the corner In a pool of misery I'm in a white van As a red sea covers the ground Metal crash, I can't tell what it is But I take a look, and now I'm sorry I did 5:30 on a Friday night Thirty-three good people cut down I don't believe anymore I don't believe anymore Face down on a pillow of shame There's some girls with a needle Tryin' to spell my name My body's not a canvas My body's now a toilet wall I don't believe anymore I don't believe anymore Raised by wolves Stronger than fear Raised by wolves We were raised by wolves Raised by wolves Stronger than fear If I open my eyes You disappear Running wild Running wild Boy sees his father Crushed under the weight Of a cross in a passion Where the passion is hate Blue mink Ford I'm gonna detonate in your den Blood in the house Blood on the street The worst things in the world Are justified by belief Registration 1385-WZ I don't believe anymore I don't believe anymore Raised by wolves Stronger than fear Raised by wolves We were raised by wolves Raised by wolves Stronger than fear If I open my eyes You disappear Running wild

We were raised under Grey skies But you'll never hear us complain Oh, and father led the examples Of how to draw beauty from pain So I found a thousand springtimes in her eyes And I learned to play games in the rain Oh, when you left us you didn't really go I know you're watching me from my head to my toes And I will not go without, I won't walk without you, no And truth be told, everybody knows You put the food on my plate and you gave me my clothes And I will not go without, I won't walk without you, no I find the touch of your hand in the breeze And the light of your smile in sun rays You should know I hear the sound of your voice in music So I speak with you every day Oh, when you left us you didn't really go I know you're watching me from my head to my toes And I will not go without, I won't walk without you, no And truth be told, everybody knows You put the food on my plate and you gave me my clothes And I will not go without, I won't walk without you, no, oh oh We have overcome 'cause of what you've done And it's plain to see that you're here with me We have overcome 'cause of what you've done And it's plain to see that you're here with me, oh, no When you left us you didn't really go I know you're watching me from my head to my toes And I will not go without, I won't walk without you, no And truth be told, everybody knows You put the food on my plate and you gave me my clothes And I will not go without, I won't walk without you, no When you left us you didn't really go I know you're watching me from my head to my toes And I will not go without, I won't walk without you, no And truth be told, everybody knows You put the food on my plate and you gave me my clothes And I will not go, I won't walk (oh no, oh no)

Big wheel's rollin', big wheel's rollin', movin' on Big wheel's rollin', gotta keep 'em goin' Big wheel's rollin', movin' on The white line is a lifeline to the nation And men like Will and Sonny make it move Livin' like a gipsy, always on the go Doin' what they best know how to do Jammin' gears has got to be a fever 'Cause men become addicted to the grind It takes a special breed to be a truck-drivin' man And a steady hand to pull that load behind Big wheel's rollin', big wheel's rollin', movin' on Big wheel's rollin', gotta keep 'em goin' Big wheel's rollin', movin' on All night country music keeps 'em goin' And Will and Sonny keep on moving on A good hot cup of coffee is waiting up ahead And the rhythm of the highway hums along Jamming gears has got to be a fever 'Cause men become addicted to the grind It takes a special breed to be a truck-driving man And a steady hand to pull that load behind Big wheel's rollin', big wheel's rollin', movin' on Big wheel's rollin', gotta keep 'em goin' Big wheel's rollin', movin' on

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way