Gotta Be Me
Cody Johnson"Gotta Be Me" is a song by Cody Johnson, released in 2016 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:17 long and contains 44 lines and 255 words.
0:19I'm a long country mile
0:22From bein' in style
0:24Dirty hat and cowboy boots
0:29I cut my teeth on
0:31Them old outlaw songs
0:33My daddy used to listen to
0:37Guess it's in my genes
0:41I gotta be me
0:46Yeah I say what I think
0:49But sometimes I drink
0:51And when I do I drink too much
0:56Wind up on my back
0:58Eye shinin' black
1:00And I know it's all because bad as it might be
1:08Hey I gotta be me
1:13You can wind me up an dine me
1:16You can polish up and shine me
1:18But the real thing's gonna shine through
1:22It ain't always pretty but the cowboy in me
1:27Couldn't change if he wanted to
1:32Ha
1:41Yeah I had a girl
1:44Her name was Pearl
1:46I think she's up in Arkansas
1:50She raised her voice
1:52And gave me a choice
1:54'Tween singin' in a honkeytonk or a J O B
2:01As you can see
2:03I gotta be me
2:08Yeah you can wine me up and dine me
2:10You polish up an shine me
2:12But the real things gonna shine through
2:17It ain't always pretty but the cowboy in me
2:22Couldn't change if he wanted to
2:44Yeah I'm a rusty old truck
2:47You see at front
2:49'Tween the Lexus and the coup de ville
2:54A one of a kind
2:56That some try to find
2:58Some are hoping that never
3:00Will still I do my thing
3:06'Cause I gotta be me
3:10Yeah like it or not this is all I got
3:17I gotta be me
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
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