Montgomery Gentry - Something To Be Proud Of lyrics

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There's a story that my daddy tells religiously

Like clockwork everytime he see's an opening

In a conversation

'Bout the way things use to be

I'd just roll my eyes and make a B-line for the door

I'd always end up starry-eyed and cross-legged on the floor

Hangin' onto every word

Man, the things I heard

"It was harder times and longer days

Five miles to school uphill both ways

We were cane-switched raised and dirt-floor poor

Course that was back before the war

Yeah, your uncle and I made quite a pair

Flyin F-15's through hostile air

He went down but they missed me by a hair"

He'd always stop right there and say...

Chorus:

"That's something to be proud of

That's a life you can hang your hat on

That's a chin held high as a tear falls down

A gut sucked in, a chest stuck out

Like a small town flag a-flyin

Or a newborn baby cryin'

In the arms of the woman that you love

That's something to be proud of"

Son graduatin' college, that was Mama's dream

But I was on my way to anywhere else when I turned eighteen

Cuz when you got a fast car, you think you got everything

And I learned real quick those GTO's don't run on faith

I ended up broken down in some town north of L.A.

Working maximum hours, for a minimum wage

Well I fell in love next thing I know

Babies came, the car got slow

Sure do miss that old hot rod

You sure save gas in them foreign jobs

Dad I wonder if I ever let you down

If you're ashamed how I turned out,

Well he lowered his voice, then he raised his brow

Said, "Let me tell you right now

That's something to be proud of

That's a life you can hang your hat on

You don't need to make a million, just be thankful to be workin'

If you're doin' what you're able

And puttin' food there on the table

And providing for the family that you love

That's something to be proud of"

And if all you ever really do is the best you can

Well you did it man

Chorus

That's something to be proud of

That's something to be proud of

That's something to be proud of

Now that's something to be proud of