Slema Drye Lyrics - The Woman I Am - Kellie Pickler

My great grandma's name was Selma Drye 

Everybody tells me I got her hazel eyes 

They turn Carolina blue when I cry 

And that's all right with me 

She kept a 38 special and a can of snuff 

In the pocket of her apron 'case somethin' came up 

She grew up ragged, she grew up rough 

The way she had to be 

I know Selma, she'd be proud of me 

'Cause I'm the only apple on the tree 

That didn't hit the ground 

And sit down in the mud 

But she's up in heaven, raisin' hell 

And if I can stand up for myself 

It's 'cause her gunpowder's runnin' through my blood 

And when I die, put me in the ground beside, Selma Drye 

Folks round town, they said she was mean 

But they never saw the woman I've seen 

Never even touched a washing machine 

And hung everything on the line 

Kept her peaches and her money in a cannin' jar 

Never owned a TV or drove a car 

That stuff don't make you what you are 

She'd say that all the time 

I know Selma, she'd be proud of me 

'Cause I'm the only apple on the tree 

That didn't hit the ground 

And sit down in the mud 

But she's up in heaven, raisin' hell 

And if I can stand up for myself 

It's 'cause her gunpowder's runnin' through my blood 

And when I die, put me in the ground beside, Selma Drye 

I still got her words of wisdom playin' in my head 

And her old beat up bible's on my nightstand by my bed 

I know Selma, she'd be proud of me 

'Cause I'm the only apple on the tree 

That didn't hit the ground 

And sit down in the mud 

But she's up in heaven, raisin' hell 

And if I can stand up for myself 

It's 'cause her gunpowder's runnin' through my blood 

And when I die, put me in the ground beside 

When I die, just put me in the geound beside 

Selma Drye 

Selma Drye 

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