Gotta Be Me Lyrics
Gotta Be Me - Cody Johnson
I'm a long country mile
From bein' in style
Dirty hat and cowboy boots
I cut my teeth on
Them old outlaw songs
My daddy used to listen to
Guess it's in my genes
I gotta be me
Yeah I say what I think
But sometimes I drink
And when I do I drink too much
Wind up on my back
Eye shinin' black
And I know it's all because bad as it might be
Hey I gotta be me
You can wind me up an dine me
You can polish up and shine me
But the real thing's gonna shine through
It ain't always pretty but the cowboy in me
Couldn't change if he wanted to
Ha
Yeah I had a girl
Her name was Pearl
I think she's up in Arkansas
She raised her voice
And gave me a choice
'Tween singin' in a honkeytonk or a J O B
As you can see
I gotta be me
Yeah you can wine me up and dine me
You polish up an shine me
But the real things gonna shine through
It ain't always pretty but the cowboy in me
Couldn't change if he wanted to
Yeah I'm a rusty old truck
You see at front
'Tween the Lexus and the coup de ville
A one of a kind
That some try to find
Some are hoping that never
Will still I do my thing
'Cause I gotta be me
Yeah like it or not this is all I got
I gotta be me