Way back in Alabama the dirt roads cut through the woods And when it rains you can the steam off the grass Even dew on the hood of my paw paw's 1985 Chevrolet I must been about six was so easy back in the sticks 16 year old mother fought for the she wanted for her son Lookin' for love in the world of rock and roll is where it It was Alabama, Ted Alice Cooper, Randy Aerosmith kept my on the road And life, it was Cocaine and alcohol filled up the house party to be It too long before I tried it myself and then started to drink School became boring and doing my became rollin' joints Now I'm sixteen my mama was when she had a little boy Can't it now as I look back 'cause I got three kids of my own And I respect what she through to pay for food and clothes And her 'Cause it ain't what she did, what she didn't do for me brought me to this moment And me who I am on this recording And this is my
This is my is my glory This is what keeps me is me flying This is me This is keeps me alive
20 years old in the streets and I'm with gangsters now is takin' over me, my language, my clothes, my lifestyle Antioch, Tennessee put me through the school of knocks And I carry that attitude me to this day, more or not And I'm and hot-headed running from police and skateboardin' Graffiti, loiterin', I sorta got my peace from the Was no "mother-may-I's," surrounded by And some day I's well I was against the grain, even when I was wheat Got back into rock and roll, and got into poetry Started expressin' everything I could the medium of pen and pad Playin' instrumentals off a tape and over-dubbin' what I had It was everything, because I had And man was alright, 'cause now I had somethin' Little did I know that would be the thing to do God ever put before me So I took a look at what I've been And I made it my glory, and is...
is my story This is my This is what me alive is me flying This is me This is what me alive
It's a 2 AM bus from me at the parkin' lot of Wal-Mart Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide tour My bags are all packed and I'm loadin' my truck to go meet the And I'm to get on the road, already one foot out the door Turn and it's my daughter, she's cryin' 'Cause daddy is Knows that I'll be for months and it hurts and I hate to see it down and tell her, "Look, baby, I promise I'll call you everyday And will sing you prayers from everywhere that we go play" But that's not enough, and it's my heart in two knowin' I can't stay, not even to see it through And that I can't tuck her in, to say goodbye a grin Now she's bein' left behind, this is me all again, man I picked her up in my arms and held her And said, "Hey you know Daddy used to be just like you When I walk up to the bus And I'd do anything in the world for you, so your dreams One day you'll use everything you've through to be anything, baby girl is my story
This is my is my glory This is what keeps me This is me is me trying This is what me alive