Upbeat: passionate, angry, tough (Verse 1) Raised in the hills where red dirt meets the road, Single-wide shakin’ like it was going to explode. That monsters fists wrote lessons on the wall, Mama’s screams still echo down a narrow hall. I grabbed my shoes and coat, nothin' more, Waiting for the right time to slip out the door. Every Friday night the devil came to call, By ten years old I’d damn near seen it all. (Chorus) I was a trailer park tornado, tearin’ through the dark, Runnin’ down country roads with a busted, beatin’ heart. Learned to roll my sorrow in a dollar bill of green, Chased it down with beer when I was just thirteen. Guns and girls and music, that’s how I survived, Anger in the rearview, but I’m still alive. Yeah, I’m still alive. (Verse 2) Summer nights on the streets, that's where I'd roam, Bastard was drunk again, I wasn't going home. Poor as dirt but rich in the trouble I could find, Every scar I carry is a story underlined. That '56 Chevy taught me how to bleed, girls taught me leavin’, liquor taught me need. I’d scream at the sky like it owed me somethin’ back, Just another lost boy on a one-way track. (Chorus) I was a trailer park tornado, tearin’ through the dark, Runnin’ down dusty roads with a busted, beatin’ heart. Learned to roll my sorrow in a dollar bill of green, Chased it down with beer when I was just thirteen. Guns and girls and music, that’s how I survived, Anger in the rearview, but I’m still alive. Lord, I’m still alive. (Bridge) Some nights I still smell the alcohol, still feel the pain, Hear them ol' doors slam, it takes me back again. I ain’t proud of some of the things i've done, I thank God the man I am, ain’t that son of a gun. (Last Chorus – half-step up) I ain’t that trailer park tornado spinnin’ through the dark, Still got some country roads runnin’ through this heart. I traded rollin’ papers for a song and a dream, Stopped fightin’ them demons when i turned eighteen. (Bridge) Yeah, the guns are in the safe now, the bottle’s on the shelf, I still got the anger, I don’t drink it by myself. I was raised in hell, but I’m headed somewhere else— Thank God, I’m still alive. (Outro) I kept my promise you son of a bitch, you're still breathin' Its you who should thank God you're still alive..
