The way I was when I left

Ain't the same way I'm comin' back

It's been too damn long, I've been gone from home

Not much to show for busting my ass

Just some bond money gone, contacts in my phone

Full of names that I can't even call

But they can all go to hell, got what I got by myself

Ain't needin' a bitch or a hand out from pa

This one here's for them hellraisers stuck in them trailblazers, holdin' it down

A little somethin' for the junkyard dogs still standin' tall

Barkin' loud

A toast for them old at hearts in them honky-tonk bars

Strummin' hard and singin' proud

All the small town risk-taker work hard to play later, state to staters

This one here's for them hellraisers

Just holdin' it down

Still gettin' used to all the hangovers

Chain-smokin', ain't no way that I'ma walk out on the stage sober

'Cause I know that once the show's done, you'll all be goin' home

My ass is back on the road

But that's the life I chose, grab a bottle, let it pour

And I'll strum these songs until it's deep in the mornin'

Some for her, some for the Lord

This one's for gettin' y'all goin'

This one here's for them hellraisers stuck in them trailblazers, holdin' it down

A little somethin' for the junkyard dogs still standin' tall

Barkin' loud

A toast for them old at hearts in them honky-tonk bars

Strummin' hard and singin' proud

All the small town risk-taker work hard to play later

Shake it and bake it, baby

This one here's for them hellraisers

Just holdin' it down

This one here's for them hellraisers

Holdin' it down

This one here's for them hellraisers stuck in them trailblazers, holdin' it down

A little somethin' for the junkyard dogs still standin' tall

Barkin' loud

A toast for them old at hearts in them honky-tonk bars

Strummin' hard and singin' proud

All the small town risk-taker work hard to play later

Shake it and bake it, baby

This one here's for them hellraisers

Just holdin' it down

This one here's for them hellraisers

Just holdin' it down

Holdin' it down

Yeah, holdin' it down