A tornado tore through a
Midwest town
Wasn't nothin' in its path
it didn't take down
Except the Baptist church
And a ball field
Then they rebuilt
Talk about tough people
She was four years old
when they got the news
It was in her little lungs
It was stage two
Mama spent every night
by her bed
And daddy shaved his head
Talk about tough people
Yeah there were plenty of
times she coulda gave up
But she didn't
No she fought like h*ll
'til she rang that bell
in Memphis
Oh oh oh
There's a whole lotta bad
in the world out there
Oh oh oh
And it's hard to keep goin'
when it don't seem fair
Keep on fightin' when your
back's against the wall
Keep on gettin' back up
when you fall
Keep on keepin' your
head held high
'Cause I still believe
Hard work pays off
Good beats evil
And tough times make
tough people
It's a single mom workin' two
jobs a day
And a farmer barely gettin' by
Needin' rain
It's a grandma waitin' tables
workin' through the pain
It's a cop on a call
runnin' in gun drawn
'Cause a shooter's in a
schoolhouse hallway
Oh oh oh
There's a whole lotta bad
in the world out there
Oh oh oh
And it's hard to keep goin'
when it don't seem fair
Keep on fightin' when your
back's against the wall
Keep on gettin' back up
when you fall
Keep on keepin' your
head held high
'Cause I still believe
Hard work pays off
Good beats evil
And tough times make
tough people
Oh tough people
Yeah
He was dog tags boots
And army green
Shipped off somewhere
to keep us all free
He came back in a box
with a flag on it
Hits home don't it
Talk about tough people
Man talk about some
tough people hey
Oh oh oh
There's a whole lotta bad
in the world out there
Oh oh oh
And it's hard to keep goin'
when it don't seem fair
But I still believe
Hard work pays off
Good beats evil
And tough times make
tough people
Yeah sure makes some
tough people