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Hillbilly Shoes
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I was there when the men came, and told us all the news Father forgive them for they know not what they do Till they walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes You want to judge me by the whiskey on my breath You think you know me but you ain't seen nothing yet Till you walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes In my hillbilly shoes You work all day in the muck and the mire Dance a little jig and a stomp by the fire Ain't too much these boots cant do Might even kick a little sense into you Well I'm going up cripple creek going in a run Going up cripple creek to have a little fun Law man said they found some tracks People saw them leavin but they never come back Oh, you don't know me, you don't know, you don't know you don't know Till you walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes In my hillbilly shoes
Self Made man
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I could say it's all her fault She never had any patience at all I'm a complicated guy And she didn't try to understand I could claim I had nothing to do With the fact I'm lonesome and blue But that wouldn't be true I'm a self made man Yeah I'm the one that fooled around And let the one who loved me down She had more of me than she could stand I blamed everyone but me But now that it's too late I see Nobody helped me get to where I am I'm a self made man I could blame it on the way I was raised Or I could say I was just to afraid To lay my heart in somebody else's hands I could always make one more excuse But in the end what's the use I might as well face I'm a self made man Yeah I'm the one that fooled around And let the one who loved me down She had more of me than she could stand I blamed everyone but me But now that it's too late I see Nobody helped me get to where I am I'm a self made man Oh I blamed everyone but me But now that its to late I see Nobody helped me get to where I am I'm a self made man Self made man Self made man I can't blame anybody but me
Daddy Won't sell the farm
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His cows get loose and run right thru the fast food parking lots And Daddy gets calls from the mini-malls when they're downwind from his hogs. When his tractor backs up traffic, the reception ain't too warm. The city's growing around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm. You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep. You can't pull roots when they run that deep. He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm. Daddy won't sell the farm. He worked and slaved in '68, he bought these fields and trees. He raised his corn and a big red barn and a healthy family. He learned to love the woodlands, he can't stand to do them harm. There's concrete all around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm. You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep. You can't pull roots when they run that deep. He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm. Daddy won't sell the farm. One day he's gonna leave it all to me and I'll start my own branch of the family tree. They'll get the message written on the roof of the barn, Daddy won't sell the farm. You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep. You can't pull roots when they run that deep. He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm. Daddy won't sell the farm. We're gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm. Daddy won't sell the farm. Oh you know a country boy can survive.
She couldn't change me
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Sometimes I think what turned her on Was my old broke down boots She wanted her a real cowboy It was a phase she was just goin' through But not one week after she moved in I caught her paintin' the bedroom blue Brought home a bottle of pink chablis Poured out my best home brew I was sittin' on the porch in my overalls As she packed her things to leave She changed her mind, when she couldn't change me She changed direction, headed out west Changed her tune to some hip-hop mess Her dark brown hair went to blonde And her pretty blue eyes went to green She changed everything, when she couldn't change me She was sittin' beside the ocean Looking out at the waves Watching how they keep on rolling But always seem the same She called and said she'd been thinking about All those quiet country nights And whatever she thought was wrong with me Suddenly seemed alright I was sittin' on the porch in my overalls When her truck pulled into view She said "I changed my mind, when I couldn't change you" She changed direction, headed back home Changed her tune it's all Haggard and Jones And her dark brown hair pulled back And her bluest eyes you've ever seen She changed her mind, when she couldn't change me She changed direction, she's back in my arms She thought it through, had a change of heart She said "I guess when you love someone You just gotta let it be" She changed her mind, when she couldn't change me Yeah, yeah She changed it all when she couldn't change me She couldn't change me
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