Tough People

Album: yet to be titled (2024)
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  • A tornado tore through a Midwest town
    Wasn't nothin' in it's path it didn't take down
    'Ept the Baptist church and a ball field
    Then they rebuilt
    Talk about tough people

    She was four years old when they got the news
    It was in her little lungs, it was stage two
    Mama spent every night by her bed
    And daddy shaved his head
    Talk about tough people
    Yeah, there were plenty of times she could've gave up
    But she didn't
    Nah, she fought like hell 'til she rang that bell in Memphis

    Oh, there's a whole lotta bad in the world out there
    Oh, and it's hard to keep goin' when it don't seem fair
    Keep on fighting when you're back's against the wall
    Keep on getting back up when you fall
    Keep on keeping your head held high
    'Cause I still believe
    Hard work pays off
    Good beats evil
    And tough times make tough people

    It's a single mom working two jobs a day
    And a farmer barely getting by needing rain
    It's a grandma waiting tables working through the pain
    It's a cop on a call running in gun drawn
    'Cause a shooter's in a schoolhouse hallway

    Oh, there's a whole lotta bad in the world out there
    Oh, and it's hard to keep goin' when it don't seem fair
    Keep on fighting when you're back's against the wall
    Keep on getting back up when you fall
    Keep on keeping your head held high
    'Cause I still believe
    Hard work pays off
    Good beats evil
    And tough times make tough people
    Oh, tough people
    Yeah

    He was dog tags, boots, and Army green
    Shipped off somewhere to keep us all free
    Came back in a box with a flag on it
    Hits home don't it
    Talk about tough people
    Man, talk about some tough people, hey

    Oh, there's a whole lotta bad in the world out there
    Oh, and it's hard to keep goin' when it don't seem fair
    But I still believe
    Hard work pays off
    Good beats evil
    And tough times make tough people
    Yeah, sure makes some tough people Writer/s: Adam Sanders, Drew Baldridge, Jordan Walker, Luke Combs
    Publisher: Round Hill, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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