Raised Up Right

When Momma used my full name

I knew she meant business

I learned to say, "Yes, sir"

From the first time that I didn't

I've felt that Bible Belt

And I know what soap tastes like

I've done my share of wrong

But I was raised up right

I figured out that midnight

Ain't the same as 12:03

You can't go on a date

When your Daddy's got your keys

That Skoal can in your sock drawer

Will keep you home on Friday nights

I've learned a lot the hard way

'Cause I was raised up right

Raised up right, like my Momma's hands in Sunday mornin' church

Raised up right, like my Daddy's can of beer right after work

Like the flag over the court house every mornin' at sunrise

I was raised up right

That Zebco taught me patience

Castin' from the bank

I learned what country music was

When Grandpa played me Hank

A handshake don't mean nothin'

If you don't look 'em in the eye

Hard work will make a boy a man

Yeah, I was raised up right

Raised up right, like my Momma's hands in Sunday mornin' church

Raised up right, like my Daddy's can of beer right after work

Like the flag over the court house every mornin' at sunrise

I was raised up right

When they pulled me from that water on the day I got baptized

I was raised up

I was

Raised up right, like my Momma's hands in Sunday mornin' church

Raised up right, like my Daddy's can of beer right after work

Like the flag over the court house every mornin' at sunrise

I was raised up right

I was raised up right

I was raised, raised up right

Raised up right