It's What I Am - John Michael Montgomery

I got my first guitar when I was just a boy

I was playin' the blues instead of playin' with toys

Listenin' to the Opera and dreamin' of the neon lights

So it was late to bed and early to rise

I worked the field all day and the crowd all night

My finger on the trigger and Nashville in my sights

I’m the real thing, I sing songs about real life

And I never heard a fiddle called a violin

Never really worried if I fit in

Country ain’t what I sing

It’s what I am

This hat ain’t something I wear for style

These boots have been around a while

Country ain’t what I sing

It’s what I am

I learned to drive on a withered road

Use to cruise the strip on Rock 'n' Roll

Drove around on

Miles and miles of Texas

And as I grew Daddy showed me how

To earn a living by the sweat of my brow

But he never made me follow in his steps

He said work hard and let the good Lord do the rest

And I never heard a fiddle called a violin

Never really worried if I fit in

Country ain’t what I sing

It’s what I am

This truck ain’t something I drive for style

These boots have been around a while

Country ain’t what I sing

It’s what I am

Yeah

And I never heard a fiddle called a violin

Never really worried if I fit in

Country ain’t what I sing

It’s what I am

This hat ain’t something I wear for style

These boots have been around a while

Country ain’t what I sing

It’s what I am