I was born in a small town
In the hills of Tennessee
Kentucky raised just a country boy
That÷Õ all I÷Îl ever be
Daddy ran a steel house
To keep us kids alive
Just doin?what he had to do after momma died
Same people that called him no good
Meet him in the back woods for a little taste
He said I may take your money
But don㦙 put yourself above me
Don㦙 cut me down as you walk away
飈uz you don㦙 know me, you don㦙 know who I am
You don㦙 know the pain that I÷Øe been through
So don㦙 judge me until you stand where I stand
I don㦙 need you or anyone else to approve
飈uz the blood in these veins is tried and true
I left home at 16 with a guitar on my back
Everything I called my own I carried in a paper sack
Spent years of havin?nothin?sleepin?in my car
Iûâ drive all day and play all night in the honky tonks and bars
Same people that called me crazy
Said that I÷Ï too lazy to amount to anything
Are the first ones to the stage
Just beggin for a little taste
Say they knew me when nobody knew my name
But you don㦙 know me, you don㦙 know who I am
You don㦙 know the pain that I÷Øe been through
So don㦙 judge me until you stand where I stand
I don㦙 need you or anyone else to approve
Cuz the blood in these veins is tried and true
Same people that called me crazy
Said that I÷Ï too lazy to amount to anything
Are the first ones to the stage
Just beggin for a little taste
Say they knew me when nobody knew my name
But you don㦙 know me, you don㦙 know who I am
You don㦙 know the pain that I÷Øe been through
So don㦙 judge me until you stand where I stand
I don㦙 need you or anyone else to approve
Cuz the blood in these veins is tried and true
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