My grandmother owned a nightclub on the Arkansas-Oklahoma line  Momma put me on a greyhound, and I went  To stay with her in the summertime  I'd box up those empty long necks and stack'em in the back and make  A hand  Then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band  Yes, I have sacked some quarterbacks and broke my share of bones along the way  I knew it wouldn't  Last forever, semi-pro always means semi-paid  I started climbin' drillin' rig, I'm oil field trash and  Proud as I can be  Then I took my songs and guitar and sang'em to a man from Tennessee    I've played every beer joint tavern from New York city out to Pasadena  Every corn dog fair and rodeo  And sold out every basketball arena  I like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad city  Too  I am a red, white and blue blood graduate of honkytonk U    A star can't burn forever, and the brightest ones will someday lose their shine  But the glass wont  Ever be half empty in my optimistic mind  I'll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it up and  Play it loud  As long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honkytonk crowd    I've played every beer joint tavern from New York city out to Pasadena  Every corn dog fair and rodeo  And sold out ever basketball arena  I like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad city  Too  Son I'm a red, white, and blue blood graduate of honkytonk U  That's right a red, white, and blue  Blood graduate of honkytonk U