Johnny Van Zant - Help Somebody lyrics

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Well grand daddy was a hilly billy scholar blue collar of a man

he came from the school were you didn't need nothin

if you couldn't make it with your own 2 hands

he was back woods, backwards

used words like no sir, yes ma'am, by god, be darn,

hell yeah i'm American

and all the years he walked this earth

I swear all he did was work

he said the devil dreams on an idle horse

so you listen to me 'squirt'

(chorus)

Don't get too high on the bottle

and get right with the man

fight your fights

find the grace

in all the things that you can't change

and help sombody if you can

Now granny said 'Sonny stick to your guns

as if you believe in somethin no matter what

cause it's better to be hated for who you are

then be loved for who your not'

she was 5 feet of concrete

New York born and raised on a slick city street

she'd cold stare you down,stand her ground

still kickin and screamin at 93

I remember just how frail she looked in that hospital bed

takin the last few breaths of life, smilin as she said

Don't get too high on the bottle (just a little sip every now and then)

fight your fights

find the grace

in all the things that you can't change

and help sombody if you can

and get right with the man

I never let a cowboy make the coffee

yeah that's what granny always said to my grandad

and he'd say never tell a joke that aint that funny more than once

and if you wanna hear God laugh tell him your plans

Don't get too high on the bottle

and get right with the man, son

fight your fights

find the grace

in all the things that you can't change

and help somebody if you can

and get right with the man

And get right with the man!