Karaoké Tough People Drew Baldridge

A tornado tore through a Midwest town

Wasn't nothin' in its path it didn't take down

Except the Baptist church and a ball field

Then they rebuilt

Talk about tough people

She was four years old when they got the news

It was in her little lungs

It was stage two

Mama spent every night by her bed and daddy shaved his head

Talk about tough people

Yeah there were plenty of times she could've gave up but she didn't

Nah she fought like hell 'till she rang that bell in Memphis

Oh ho

There's a whole lotta bad in the world out there

Oh ho

And it's hard to keep goin' when it don't seem fair

Keep on fightin' when your back's against the wall

Keep on gettin' back up when you fall

Keep on keepin' your head held high 'cos I still believe

Hard work pays off

Good beats evil and tough times make tough people

It's a single mom workin' two jobs a day and a farmer barely gettin' by needin' rain

It's a grandma waitin' tables workin' through the pain

It's a cop on a call runnin' in gun drawn 'cos a shooter's in a schoolhouse hallway

Oh ho

There's a whole lotta bad in the world out there

Oh ho

And it's hard to keep goin' when it don't seem fair

Keep on fightin' when your back's against the wall

Keep on gettin' back up when you fall

Keep on keepin' your head held high 'cos I still believe

Hard work pays off

Good beats evil and tough times make tough people

Oh tough people

Yeah

He was dog tags, boots and Army green

Shipped off somewhere to keep us all free

Came back in a box with a flag on it

Hits home don't it

Talk about tough people

Man talk about some tough people

Hey

Oh ho

There's a whole lotta bad in the world out there

Oh ho

And it's hard to keep goin' when it don't seem fair

But I still believe

Hard work pays off

Good beats evil and tough times make tough people

Yeah sure makes some tough people