Van Zant - Help Somebody lyrics

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Well granddaddy was a hillbilly scholar,

blue collar of a man...

He came from the school where

"you don't need nothin' if you can't make it with your own two hands"

He was backwoods, backwards, used words like:

no sir, yes ma'am, by god be darned, 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..

Don't get too high on a bottle,

and get right with a man.

Fight your fights, find your grace

and all the things you two can't change,

and help somebody if you can

Now Granny said sonny

stick to your gun if you believe in something

no matter what

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

Than loved for someone you're not.

She was 5 feet of concrete

New York born and raised on a slick city street.

She'll stare you down, stand her ground,

still kickin' and screamin' at 93

I remember how frail she looked

in that hospital bed

taking her last few breaths of life

and smiling as she said

Don't get too high on a bottle,

just a little sip now and then,

fight your fights,

find your grace,

and all the things you two can't change

and help somebody if you can,

and get right with a man

I never let a cowboy make the coffee

yeah thats what Granny always said to my Grandad

and he'd say never tell a joke

that ain't that funny more than once

and if you wanna hear God laugh,

tell Him your plans

Don't get too high on a bottle,

get right with a man, son.

fight your fights,

find your grace,

and all the things you two can't change

and help somebody if you can

and get right with a man

and get right with a man

Thanks to RJ Guajardo for these lyrics