My grandmother owned a nightclub on the arkansas-okahoma line momma put me on a greyhound, and I went to stay with her in the summertime I'd box up those empty longnecks and stack'em in the back and make a hand then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band yes, I have sacked some quarterbacks and broke my share of bones along the way I knew it wouldnt last forever, semi-pro always means semi-paid I started climbin' drillin' rig, I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be then I took my songs and guitar and sang'em to a man from tennesse I've played every beer joint tavern from new york city out to pasadena every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out every basketball arena I like to get down with my boys in afghanistan and baghdad city too I am a red, white and blue blood graduate of honkytonk U a star can't burn forever, and the brightest ones will someday lose their shine but the glass wont ever be half empty in my optimistic mind I'll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it up and play it loud as long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honkytonk crowd I've played every beer joint tavern from new york city out to pasadena every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out ever basketball arena I like to get down with my boys in afghanistan and Baghdad city too son I'm a red, white, and blue blood graduate of honkytonk U that's right a red, white, and blue blood graduate of honkytonk U