I spent my summers growing up looking for bullets from the civil war
Wasn't much else to do in that old Virginia town
I bought me a Gibson got the hell out of Clifton while the gettin' was good

Started making my living with a band and a van no one understood
No one understood


Fifteen years of laying my head on a different stranger's floor
Everyday's another stage as you struggle with the pain from the night before
Drive until dawn no sleep no time to have a life of my own

'cause there's bills to pay and the only way is to keep on movin' on
Just keep on movin' on


I sweat and bleed for every dollar that I earn
I always break my back, and I never break my word
If you take a good look I bet you'd see

There ain't nothing uncountry about me

To see me up here on this stage you might not believe

That I cut my teeth on 'Country Roads' and 'The Fightin' Side of Me'
Now I'm no stranger to the pain that a hard day's work will bring you
And ask me where I got these scars, I'll be more than glad to sing you

My song of sad regret

I sweat and bleed for every dollar that I earn

I always break my back, and I never break my word
If you take a good look I bet you'd see
There ain't nothing uncountry about me


Oh I'll fight through anything that's in my way
I'm always gonna be here and I ain't never gonna break

If you take a good look I bet you'd see
There ain't nothing uncountry about me