WELL WE GREW UP
DOWN BY
THE RAILROAD TRACKS
SHOOTIN' BB'S
AT OLD BEER CANS
CHOKIN' ON A SMOKE
FROM A LUCKY STRIKE
SOMEBODY LIFTED OFF
OF HIS OLD MAN
WE WERE FOOTBALL
FLUNKIES
SOUTHERN ROCK
JUNKIES
CRANKIN' UP
THE STEREOS
SINGIN' LOUD AND PROUD
TO GIVE ME THREE STEPS
SIMPLE MAN
AND CURTIS LOEW
WE WERE DIGGIN' ON
GOT SOME DISCOUNT
KNOWLEDGE
AT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE
WHERE WE MAJORED IN
BEER AND GIRLS
IT WAS ALL REAL FUNNY
'TIL WE RAN OUT OF
MONEY
AND THEY THREW US
OUT INTO THE WORLD
YEAH THE KIDS
THAT THOUGHT THEY'D
RUN THIS TOWN
AIN'T 'A RUNNIN'
MUCH OF ANYTHING
JUST LOVIN'
AND LAUGHIN'
AND BUSTIN' OUR BACKS
AND WE CALL IT ALL
LIVIN' THE DREAM
THESE ARE MY PEOPLE
THIS IS WHERE
I COME FROM
WE'RE GIVIN' THIS LIFE
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT
AND THEN SOME
IT AIN'T ALWAYS PRETTY
BUT IT'S REAL
IT'S THE WAY
WE WERE MADE
WOULDN'T HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY
THESE ARE MY PEOPLE
WELL WE TAKE IT
ALL WEEK ON THE CHIN
WITH A GRIN
'TIL WE MAKE IT
TO A FRIDAY NIGHT
AND IT'S CHURCH LEAGUE
SOFTBALL
HOLLER 'BOUT
A BAD CALL
PREACHER BREAKIN' UP
THE FIGHT
THEN LATER ON AT
THE GREEN LIGHT TAVERN
WELL EVERYBODY'S
GATHERIN' AS FRIENDS
AND THE BEERS
ARE POURIN'
'TIL MONDAY MORNIN'
AND WE START IT
ALL OVER AGAIN
AND THESE ARE
MY PEOPLE
THIS IS WHERE
I COME FROM
WE'RE GIVIN' THIS LIFE
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT
AND THEN SOME
IT AIN'T ALWAYS PRETTY
BUT IT'S REAL
IT'S THE WAY
WE WERE MADE
WOULDN'T HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY
THESE ARE MY PEOPLE
WE FALL DOWN
AND WE GET UP
WE WALK PROUD
AND WE TALK TOUGH
WE GOT HEART
AND WE GOT NERVE
EVEN IF WE ARE
A BIT DISTURBED
WOO
COME ON
THESE ARE MY PEOPLE
THIS IS WHERE
I COME FROM
WE'RE GIVIN' THIS LIFE
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT
AND THEN SOME
IT AIN'T ALWAYS PRETTY
BUT IT'S REAL
IT'S THE WAY
WE WERE MADE
WOULDN'T HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY AH NO
THESE ARE MY PEOPLE
YEAH
WOO