Mama drank whiskey, daddy turned wrenches I prayed to stars with dirt on my hands Sunday skirts, bruises on fences Leather-wrapped heart, outlaw plans I ain't sweet, I ain't tame I ride lightning, not your shame I was raised wild in velvet boots Singing loud where sinners shoot Not your doll, not your muse Rebel soul with rhinestone roots Crank it loud, cut me loose I was raised wild in velvet boots Fiddle burns through smoky air Drummer pounds like he don’t care Guitar cries, electric prayer We don't do pretty, we do flare Scarred up lips, don't kiss and tell I made my vows in the devil’s bell Got battle songs beneath my shell And holy rage I wear so well Sketch hearts float where sparks begin We preach in sound, baptized in sin No stage too small, no god too thin If I go down, I’ll go grinning I ain't sugar, I ain't tame I break chains when they whisper blame I was raised wild in velvet boots Singing truth where rebels root Not your saint, not your excuse I dance alone in steel-toed suits Strike the match, cut me loose I was raised wild in velvet boots Late-night silence, radio low Moonlight writes what no one knows But I still walk with haunted glow And leave my thunder in every show You see sequins, I see scars Every note’s a midnight car Drivin’ fast, with broken bars Headed straight through heaven’s dark I was raised wild in velvet boots Burnin’ trails where preachers hoot Never bowed, never seduced Just a storm with nothing to prove Turn it up, light the fuse, I was raised wild in velvet boots
