Song | Help Somebody |
Artist | Van Zant |
Album | Get Right With The Man |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
Well, Grandaddy was a hillbilly scholar, blue collar of a man. | |
He came from the school where you didn't need nothin', | |
If you couldn't make it with your own two hands. | |
He was backwoods, backwards, used words like: | |
"No Sir," "Yes, Ma'am," "By God," "Be darned," | |
"Hell yeah, I'm American." | |
And all the years he walked this earth, | |
I swear all he did was work. | |
He said: "The devil dreams on an idle horse, | |
"So you listen to me squirt. | |
"Don't get too high on a bottle, | |
"And get right with the Man. | |
"Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
"And all the things that you can change, | |
"And help somebody if you can." | |
Now Granny said: Sonny, stick to your guns, | |
"If you believe in something, no matter what, | |
"'Cause it's better to be hated for who you are, | |
"Than be loved for who you're not. | |
She was five feet of concrete | |
New York born an' raised on a slick city street. | |
She'd cold-stare you down, stand her ground, | |
Still kickin' and screamin' at 93. | |
I remember just how frail she looked in that hospital bed: | |
Takin' her last few breaths of life, smilin' as she said: | |
"Don't get too high on a bottle, | |
"Just a little sip ev'ry now and then. | |
"Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
"And all the things that you can change, | |
"And help somebody if you can. | |
"And get right with the Man. | |
Instrumental Break. | |
(C'mon now.) | |
"I never let a cowboy make the coffee." | |
Yeah, thats what Granny always said to my Grandad. | |
And he'd say: "Never tell a joke that ain't that funny more than once." | |
"And if you wanna hear God laugh, tell Him your plans. | |
"Don't get too high on a bottle, | |
"Get right with the Man, son. | |
"Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
"And all the things that you can change, | |
"And help somebody if you can. | |
"And get right with the Man." | |
Yeah. | |
(Get too high.) | |
(Help somebody if you can.) | |
And get right with the Man. |
Well, Grandaddy was a hillbilly scholar, blue collar of a man. | |
He came from the school where you didn' t need nothin', | |
If you couldn' t make it with your own two hands. | |
He was backwoods, backwards, used words like: | |
" No Sir," " Yes, Ma' am," " By God," " Be darned," | |
" Hell yeah, I' m American." | |
And all the years he walked this earth, | |
I swear all he did was work. | |
He said: " The devil dreams on an idle horse, | |
" So you listen to me squirt. | |
" Don' t get too high on a bottle, | |
" And get right with the Man. | |
" Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
" And all the things that you can change, | |
" And help somebody if you can." | |
Now Granny said: Sonny, stick to your guns, | |
" If you believe in something, no matter what, | |
"' Cause it' s better to be hated for who you are, | |
" Than be loved for who you' re not. | |
She was five feet of concrete | |
New York born an' raised on a slick city street. | |
She' d coldstare you down, stand her ground, | |
Still kickin' and screamin' at 93. | |
I remember just how frail she looked in that hospital bed: | |
Takin' her last few breaths of life, smilin' as she said: | |
" Don' t get too high on a bottle, | |
" Just a little sip ev' ry now and then. | |
" Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
" And all the things that you can change, | |
" And help somebody if you can. | |
" And get right with the Man. | |
Instrumental Break. | |
C' mon now. | |
" I never let a cowboy make the coffee." | |
Yeah, thats what Granny always said to my Grandad. | |
And he' d say: " Never tell a joke that ain' t that funny more than once." | |
" And if you wanna hear God laugh, tell Him your plans. | |
" Don' t get too high on a bottle, | |
" Get right with the Man, son. | |
" Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
" And all the things that you can change, | |
" And help somebody if you can. | |
" And get right with the Man." | |
Yeah. | |
Get too high. | |
Help somebody if you can. | |
And get right with the Man. |
Well, Grandaddy was a hillbilly scholar, blue collar of a man. | |
He came from the school where you didn' t need nothin', | |
If you couldn' t make it with your own two hands. | |
He was backwoods, backwards, used words like: | |
" No Sir," " Yes, Ma' am," " By God," " Be darned," | |
" Hell yeah, I' m American." | |
And all the years he walked this earth, | |
I swear all he did was work. | |
He said: " The devil dreams on an idle horse, | |
" So you listen to me squirt. | |
" Don' t get too high on a bottle, | |
" And get right with the Man. | |
" Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
" And all the things that you can change, | |
" And help somebody if you can." | |
Now Granny said: Sonny, stick to your guns, | |
" If you believe in something, no matter what, | |
"' Cause it' s better to be hated for who you are, | |
" Than be loved for who you' re not. | |
She was five feet of concrete | |
New York born an' raised on a slick city street. | |
She' d coldstare you down, stand her ground, | |
Still kickin' and screamin' at 93. | |
I remember just how frail she looked in that hospital bed: | |
Takin' her last few breaths of life, smilin' as she said: | |
" Don' t get too high on a bottle, | |
" Just a little sip ev' ry now and then. | |
" Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
" And all the things that you can change, | |
" And help somebody if you can. | |
" And get right with the Man. | |
Instrumental Break. | |
C' mon now. | |
" I never let a cowboy make the coffee." | |
Yeah, thats what Granny always said to my Grandad. | |
And he' d say: " Never tell a joke that ain' t that funny more than once." | |
" And if you wanna hear God laugh, tell Him your plans. | |
" Don' t get too high on a bottle, | |
" Get right with the Man, son. | |
" Fight your fights, find a grace, | |
" And all the things that you can change, | |
" And help somebody if you can. | |
" And get right with the Man." | |
Yeah. | |
Get too high. | |
Help somebody if you can. | |
And get right with the Man. |