I Lived It

Album: Texoma Shore (2017)
Charted: 63
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  • Daddy drove the wheels off a flatbed Ford
    Flies found a hole in the old screen door
    Granny said the dress that my sister wore
    To church wasn't long enough

    Mama poured grease in a Crisco can
    Put a hundred thousand miles on a Sears box fan
    Uncle Joe put tobacco on my hand where
    Them yellow jackets torn me up
    And I ain't making this up

    Oh, you think I'm talking crazy
    In a different language you might not understand
    Oh, that's alright
    That's just the kind of life that made me who I am
    Just taking my mind on a visit
    Back in time 'cause I miss it
    You wouldn't know to love it like I love it
    Unless you lived it
    And man, I lived it

    Granddaddy smoked Salems with the windows up
    Drove me around in the back of that truck
    We drank from the hose and spit in the cup
    We all survived somehow

    Them ol' Duke boys were flattenin' the hills
    Hollywood was fake, wrestling was real
    Wouldn't dream of spending that two dollar bill
    From pushing a lawnmower around
    I'd go back there right now

    Oh, you think I'm talking crazy
    In a different language you might not understand
    Oh, that's alright
    That's just the kind of life that made me who I am
    Just taking my mind on a visit
    Back in time 'cause I miss it
    You wouldn't know to love it like I love it
    Unless you lived it
    And man, I lived it
    Oh man, I lived it

    Oh, you think I'm talking crazy
    In a different language you might not understand
    Oh, that's alright
    That's just the kind of life that made me who I am
    Just taking my mind on a visit
    Back in time 'cause I miss it
    You wouldn't know to love it like I love it
    Unless you lived it
    And man, I lived it
    Oh man, I lived it Writer/s: Ashley Glenn Gorley, Ben Hayslip, Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman
    Publisher: AMPLIFIED ADMINISTRATION, Anthem Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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