It's What I Am Lyrics - Montgomery John Michael

I got my first guitar when I was just a boy 

I was playing the blues instead of playing with toys 

Listening to the Opry and daydreaming of those neon lights 

So it was late to bed and early to rise 

I worked the field all day and the crowd all night 

My finger on the trigger and Nashville in my sights 

I'm the real thing and I sing songs about real life 

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And I never heard a fiddle called a violin 

Never really worried if I fit in 

Country ain't what I sing it's what I am 

This hat ain't something I wear for style 

And these boots have been around a while 

Country ain't what I sing it's what I am 

I learned to drive on a red dirt road 

Cruised the strip on rock and roll 

And drove around on "Miles and Miles of Texas" 

And as I grew Daddy showed me how 

To earn a living by the sweat of my brow 

But he never made me follow in his steps 

He said work hard and let the good Lord do the rest 

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