Red Dirt

Well I never been to the Great Divide
 But my journey started when I was just five
 And I don't know why
 I don't know why
 Somehow I've been to places I've never been
 And I lived through things I don't understand
 And I know things I'm not supposed to know
 But I'm fine with it
 I just get on with it
 Cause I can't change it
 They say keep in the flow and you'll never grow old
 But I've got a story that's yet been told
 So I'm telling it while I'm living it
 See it's the boys from the past that blazed my path
 Waylon and Willie, Jerry Jeff and the rest
 It's their blood and sweat that turned this dirt red
 But I'm fine with it
 I just get on with it
 Cause I can't change it
 The day the red dirt blew through Texas
 The voices of a thousand souls fell gently around my shoulders
 Like a long lost friend
 I said "Hello Boys, I'm glad you're here
 But there's work to be done
 grab yourself a chair"
 So Mike and Cody, I'm calling on you
 Fifty Dollar Blue and Stoney, you too
 Wade's got his getaway yeah and I've got mine
 We gotta keep it true
 We gotta see it through
 We gotta carry this torch it'll get us through
 Oh as Jason Boland says we gotta do what we gotta do
 But we're fine with it
 We just get on with it
 Cause we can't change it
 The day the red dirt blew through Texas
 The voices of a thousand souls fell gently around my shoulders
 Like a long lost friend
 I said "Hello Boys, I'm glad you're here
 But there's work to be done so grab yourself a chair"
 They say keep in the flow and you'll never grow old
 But I've got a story that's yet been told
 So I'm telling it while I'm living it
 See it's the boys from the past that blazed my path
 Waylon and Willie, Jerry Jeff and the rest
 It's their blood and sweat that turned this dirt red
 But I'm fine with it
 I just get on with it
 Cause I can't change it
 The day the red dirt blew through Texas
 I cried a thousand tears
 For those that came before, and those that follow
 I said "Hello Boys, I'm glad you're here
 But there's work to be done so grab yourself a chair"
 The day the red dirt blew through Texas
 The voices of a thousand exes sang out to me in harmonies
 Never heard before
 I said "Hello girls, I'm glad you're here
 But there's work to be done could you bring us one more beer"
 Well I never been to the Great Divide
 My journey started when I was just five