[Intro]
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Well We grew up Down by the railroad Tracks
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shootin BB's at old beer cans
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Choakin' on the smoke from a lucky strike
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somebody lifted off his old mansu
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We were Football Flunkies
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Southern Rock Junkies
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Crankin' up the stereo's
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Singing Loud and Proud
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to "Gimmie Three Steps" "Simple Man" and "Curtis Low"
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We were Good ya know
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Got some discount Knowledge at the Junior College
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Where we majored in beer and girls
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It was all real funny 'til we ran out of money
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and they threw us out into the world
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Yeah the kids that thought they'd run this town
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ain't a runnin' much of anything
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just lovin' and laughin' and bustin' our asses
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and we all call it all livin' the dream
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These are my people
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This is where I come from
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Were givin' this life everything we got and then some
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It ain't always pretty
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But its real
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It's the way we were made
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Wouldn't have it any other way
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These are my people
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Well We take it all week on the chin with a grin
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'til we make it to a friday night
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And it's church league softball
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holler about a bad call
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preacher breaking up the fight
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Then later on at the Green Light Tavern
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Well everybody is gathered as friends
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And the beers a pourin'
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'til Monday Mornin'
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and we start it all over again
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These are my people
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This is where I come from
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Were givin' this life everything we got and then some
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It ain't always pretty
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But its real
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It's the way we were made
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Wouldn't have it any other way
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These are my people
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We fall Down and We get up
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We walk proud and We talk tough
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We got heart and We got nerve
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Even If we are a bit disturbed
[Chorus]
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These are my people
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This is where I come from
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Were givin' this life everything we got and then some
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It ain't always pretty
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But its real
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It's the way we were made
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Wouldn't have it any other way
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These are my people