My grandmother owned a nightclub on the Arkansas-Oklahoma line 
Momma put me on a greyhound, and I went 
To stay with her in the summertime 
I'd box up those empty long necks and stack'em in the back and make 
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 wouldn't 
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 Tennessee 

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 

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