Backroad Runners

Timestamps on backroads, I got those by the truckload We ran these, some too slow, blunt cruisin' when we rode Hittin' every stop sign with some bottles as we flew by Out past 11, but our parents all knew why We was some backroad runners Summertime junkies, trucks soundin' like thunder Yeah, we was some hometown boys Letterman jacket with a name patched on We're Pantera and a little Hank Sometimes fine wine or a whiskey taste Yeah, but some things in life can't be bought in a store And one of those things are real country boys Ain't no shame in comin' up on a one-lane in the cut I used to stargaze and tell the sky that one day I's gonna be one Now I'm shootin' across the country, I know everyone can see The wasn't-supposed-to-be white boy in middle Tennessee Never walked a red carpet, only walk the fields of gold That's my life you lookin' at when you click on my video My goal was make my mama proud, give my brothers clean trucks As for me, I take the bullets for the country, so what's up Church We was some backroad runners Summertime junkies, trucks soundin' like thunder Yeah, we was some hometown boys Letterman jacket with a name patched on We're Pantera and a little Hank Sometimes fine wine or a whiskey taste Yeah, but some things in life can't be bought in a store And one of those things are real country boys They told me clean my act up but your boy ain't no actor I made it cool for hip-hop stars to rap standin' beside a tractor Way back in the day, I never dreamed I'd be all this Until I seen a teenager in a truck bumpin' my shit And it gave me a feelin' I won't ever forget A energy only lost when I'm worm dirt for fish My right hand got a tattoo of a hook and a line 'Cause every time I catch a vibe, I got Dixieland on my mind We was some backroad runners Summertime junkies, trucks soundin' like thunder Yeah, we was some hometown boys Letterman jacket with a name patched on We're Pantera and a little Hank Sometimes fine wine or a whiskey taste Yeah, but some things in life can't be bought in a store And one of those things are real country boys