These Are My People-Rodney Atkins

[00:09.66]Well we grew up down by the railroad tracks [00:12.20]Shootin' b.b.'s at old beer cans [00:15.06]Chokin' on the smoke from a lucky strike [00:17.52]Somebody lifted off of his old man [00:20.21]We were football flunkies [00:21.66]Rock and roll junkies [00:23.11]Crackin' up the stereos [00:25.44]Singin' loud and proud to gimme three steps [00:28.05]And that old time rock and roll we can't be known [00:36.21]We got some discount knowledge at the junior college [00:39.00]Where we majored in beer and girls [00:41.32]It was all real funny 'til we ran out of money [00:44.02]And they threw us out into the world [00:46.67]Yeah the kids that thought they'd run this town [00:49.28]Ain't runnin' much of anything [00:51.91]We're just lovin' and laughin' [00:53.52]And bustin' our asses [00:54.60]And we call it all livin' the dream [00:57.36]These are my people [00:59.75]This is where I come from [01:03.41]We're givin' this life everything we've got and then some [01:07.65]It ain't always pretty [01:10.45]But it's real [01:13.65]That's the way we were made [01:15.15]Wouldn't have it any other way [01:17.42]These are my people [01:23.39]Well we take it all week on the chin with a grin [01:25.88]Till we make it to a friday night [01:28.56]And it's church league softball holler 'bout a bad call [01:31.42]Preacher breakin' up the fight [01:33.88]Then later on at the green light tavern [01:36.73]Well everybody's gatherin' as friends [01:39.27]And the beer is pourin' till monday mornin' [01:41.94]Where we start all over again [01:44.39]These are my people [01:46.57]This is where I come from [01:49.93]We're givin' this life everything we've got and then some [01:54.58]It ain't always pretty [01:57.57]But it's real [02:00.15]That's the way we were made [02:02.05]Wouldn't have it any other way [02:04.52]These are my people [02:07.46]We fall down [02:09.53]and we get up [02:12.04]We walk proud [02:14.67]and we talk tough [02:17.27]We got heart [02:19.98]and we got nerve [02:23.53]Even if we are a bit disturbed [02:36.14]These are my people [02:38.46]This is where I come from [02:42.06]We're givin' this life everything we've got and then some [02:46.44]It ain't always pretty [02:49.03]But it's real [02:52.39]That's the way we were made [02:53.68]Wouldn't have it any other way [02:57.34]These are my people