Honkytonk U

(Toby Keith) My grandmother owned a night club on the Arkansas-Oklahoma line. Momma put me on a Greyhound an' I went to stay with her in the summertime. I'd box up those empty long-necks and stack 'em in the back and bake a ham. Then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band. Yes, I have sacked some quarterbacks An' broke my share of bones along the way. I knew it wouldn't last forever; semi-pro always means semi-payed. I started climbin' drillin' rigs: I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be, yeah. Then I took my songs an' guitar an' sang 'em for a man from Tennessee. I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to Pasadena. Every corn-dog fair and rodeo an' sold out every basketball arena. 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 an' the brightest ones will someday lose their shine. But the glass won't ever be half-empty in my optimistic mind. I'll still have a song to sing an' a band to turn it up and play it loud. As long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honky tonk crowd. I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to Pasadena. Every corn-dog fair and rodeo an' sold out every 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.