Honkytonk U Songtext
von Toby Keith

(Toby Keith)

My grandmother owned a night club on the Arkansas-Oklahoma line.
Momma put me on a Greyhound an′ I went to stay with her in the summertime.
I'd box up those empty long-necks and stack ′em in the back and bake a ham.
Then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band.

Yes, I have sacked some quarterbacks
An' broke my share of bones along the way.
I knew it wouldn′t last forever; semi-pro always means semi-payed.
I started climbin′ drillin' rigs: I′m oil field trash and proud as I can be, yeah.
Then I took my songs an' guitar an′ sang 'em for a man from Tennessee.


I′ve played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to Pasadena.
Every corn-dog fair and rodeo an' sold out every basketball arena.
Like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad City too.
I am a red, white and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U.

A star can't burn forever an′ the brightest ones will someday lose their shine.
But the glass won′t ever be half-empty in my optimistic mind.
I'll still have a song to sing an′ a band to turn it up and play it loud.
As long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honky tonk crowd.

I′ve played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to Pasadena.
Every corn-dog fair and rodeo an' sold out every basketball arena.
I like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad City too.
Son, I′m a red, white and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U.
That's right: a red, white and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U.