Dirt road dust on a hand-me-down bike Learned to throw a punch, learned when to be nice Daddy said, “Stand up straight, look ’em in the eye” Mama said, “Don’t you quit, even when you cry” Worked all summer just to buy new boots Earned every inch, never got the truth handed to you We didn’t have much, but we had our name And you don’t let that thing get dragged through shame When life hit hard, we didn’t complain We just dug in deep and did it again Yeah, I was raised tough in a small-town way Where your word means more than what you say If you fall down, you get back up Shake off the dirt, learn how to love We don’t scare easy, we don’t back down Built by callused hands and red-clay ground Yeah, the world might change, but I won’t stray I was raised tough in a small-town way Friday night lights and a beat-up truck Prayin’ it starts when you turn the luck Everybody knows where you’ve been And they’ll remember who you are in the end We fought our demons, we fought ourselves Learned real quick you don’t need much help If you’re gonna leave, you leave it right But you better come back and face your life We learned respect before we learned pride And we meant every word when we said we’d try Yeah, I was raised tough in a small-town way Where your word means more than what you say If you fall down, you get back up Shake off the dirt, learn how to love We don’t scare easy, we don’t back down Built by callused hands and red-clay ground Yeah, the world might change, but I won’t stray I was raised tough in a small-town way If I sound rough, it’s ‘cause I am But my heart still beats where I first learned to stand I don’t need gold, I don’t need fame Just a little faith and an honest name Yeah, I was raised tough in a small-town way Prayed on Sunday, worked every day When the road gets dark and the truth gets gray I still walk straight, I still stay We don’t scare easy, we don’t back down Roots run deep in this one-light town Yeah, the world might change, but I’ll still say I was raised tough in a small-town way
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