I came up through the trenches where    We only played for tips and alcohol    You find out what you're made of when there    Ain't no gold or platinum on the wall    And there's a few more like me who    Ain't of fightin' for the cause       CHORUS    Me and my band of brothers, we got you covered    Out here on the honky tonk front lines    We're loaded up with country music, we ain't afraid to use it    Even if we have to play all night    Well we ain't no rookies, it's our third tour of duty but that's alright    Yeah that's alright    Me and my band of brothers got you covered    On the honky tonk front lines       From the bars of San Diego    To the county fair way up in Bangor, Maine    We keep the tour bus rollin'    Just like it was a big old Sherman tank    Like those who came before us    Owens, Haggard, Willie, Waylon, Jones and Hank    (and Johnny Cash)       CHORUS    Me and my band of brothers, we got you covered    Out here on the honky tonk front lines    We're loaded up with country music, we ain't afraid to use it    Even if we have to play all night    Well we ain't no rookes, it's our third tour of duty but that's alright    Yeah that's alright    Me and my band of brothers got you covered    On the honky tonk front lines       Well we ain't no rookies, it's our third tour of duty but that's alright    Yeah that's alright    Me and my band of brothers got you covered    On the honky tonk front lines       Me and my band of brothers got you covered    On the honky tonk front lines.