Way back in Alabama the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can smell the steam off the Even dew on the hood of my paw 1985 Chevrolet Silverado I have been about six Life was so easy in the sticks 16 old mother fought for the life she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the of rock and roll is where it begun It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Randy Aerosmith my stepdaddy on the road And life, it was Cocaine and filled up the house party to be frank It wasn't too long before I tried it myself and started to drink School became boring and doing my became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen like my mama was when she had a boy imagine it now as I look back 'cause I got three kids of my own And I respect what she went through to pay for and clothes And her 'Cause it ain't what she did, it's what she do for me That brought me to this And made me who I am on this And is my story
This is my This is my This is what keeps me is me flying This is me is what keeps me alive
20 old in the streets and I'm rollin' with gangsters now is takin' over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of hard And I carry that attitude with me to day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed running from police and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my peace the chaos Was no "mother-may-I's," surrounded by And some day I's well I was against the grain, even I was growin' wheat Got back into rock and roll, and then got into Started expressin' I could through the medium of pen and pad Playin' off a tape and then over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, because I had And man that was alright, 'cause now I had Little did I know would be the hardest thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at what I've through And I made it my glory, and is...
This is my is my glory This is keeps me alive is me flying This is me This is what keeps me
It's a 2 AM bus 'craw; me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Leavin' Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my truck to go the crew And I'm to get on the road, already one foot out the door Turn around and it's my daughter, cryin' 'Cause daddy is Knows I'll be gone for months and it hurts and I hate to see it Kneel down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll you everyday And daddy sing you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and breakin' my heart in two Just knowin' I can't stay, not to see it through And that I can't tuck her in, to say with a grin Now she's bein' behind, this is me all over again, man I picked her up in my arms and her tight And said, "Hey you know what? used to be just like you When I would up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so your dreams One day you'll use everything been through to be anything, baby girl is my story
This is my This is my is what keeps me alive This is me This is me This is keeps me alive