21st Century Honky Tonk American Band

Album: Let it Roll (2019)
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  • Get off the bus, the band and the boys and me
    Yesterday was Denver, tonight it's Memphis, Tennessee
    Runnin' off cocaine, a couple hours of sleep
    Can't remember all the halls 'cause they look the same to me
    Just out here making a living with this six-string in my hand
    In this 21st Century honky-tonk American band

    Play just about anywhere, draw it down on a map
    A different scene, the same ol' jeans, the same ol' pussycats
    Tell Mama I miss her and I'll be back one day
    I don't think ol' Waylon Jennings would've even done it this way
    Just out here making a living, tryna pay the record company man
    In this 21st Century honky-tonk American band

    And the wheels keep rolling on and on
    And I hear them moaning a lonesome song
    Ever since Hank sang to me, I knew I was born to be
    In a 21st Century honky-tonk American band

    There's a girl in Tallahassee, said, "Boy, can I please ya?"
    We boned all night long, then I woke up with amnesia
    Said, "Hey baby, what's your name?, I'll call you if I can
    But I'm in a 21st Century honky-tonk American band"

    And the wheels keep rolling on and on
    And I hear them moaning a lonesome song
    Ever since Hank sang to me, I knew I was born to be
    In a 21st Century honky-tonk American band

    (Let's go to work, boys!) (Yeah!)

    And I feel I'm goin' on
    I could sure use me a sunny day
    And I know I've been away too long
    'Cause I'm the same
    But they've all changed Writer/s: Cameron Thomas Duddy, Jess Parker Carson, Mark C. Wystrach, Rhett Akins, Robert J. Dipiero
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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