Karaoké Honkytonk U Toby Keith

My grandmother owned a nightclub on the Arkansas

Oklahoma line

Mama put me on a Greyhound and

I went to stay with her in the summertime

I'd box up those empty longnecks and stack 'em in the back and make a hand

Then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band

Yes I have sacks and quarterbacks and broke my share of bones along the way

I knew it wouldn't last forever semi-pro always means semi-paid

I started climbing drilling rigs

I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be yeah

Then I took my songs and guitar and sang 'em to a man from Tennessee

I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to Pasadena

Every corn dog fair and rodeo and 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 Honky-Tonk U

A star can't burn forever and 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 and 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

And sold out every basketball arena

Like to get down with my boys

In Afghanistan and

Baghdad City too

So I'm a red white and blue blood

Graduate of Honky-Tonk U

That's right a red white and blue blood

Graduate of Honky-Tonk U