Well I never been to the Great Divide
But my journey started when I was just five
And I don't know why
I don't know why
Somehow I've been to places I've never been
And I lived through things I don't understand
And I know things I'm not supposed to know
But I'm fine with it
I just get on with it
Cause I can't change it
They say keep in the flow and you'll never grow old
But I've got a story that's yet been told
So I'm telling it while I'm living it
See it's the boys from the past that blazed my path
Waylon and Willie, Jerry Jeff and the rest
It's their blood and sweat that turned this dirt red
But I'm fine with it
I just get on with it
Cause I can't change it
The day the red dirt blew through Texas
The voices of a thousand souls fell gently around my shoulders
Like a long lost friend
I said "Hello Boys, I'm glad you're here
But there's work to be done
Grab yourself a chair"
So Mike and Cody, I'm calling on you
Fifty Dollar Blue and Stoney, you too
Wade's got his getaway yeah and I've got mine
We gotta keep it true
We gotta see it through
We gotta carry this torch it'll get us through
Oh as Jason Boland says we gotta do what we gotta do
But we're fine with it
We just get on with it
Cause we can't change it
The day the red dirt blew through Texas
The voices of a thousand souls fell gently around my shoulders
Like a long lost friend
I said "Hello Boys, I'm glad you're here
But there's work to be done so grab yourself a chair"
They say keep in the flow and you'll never grow old
But I've got a story that's yet been told
So I'm telling it while I'm living it
See it's the boys from the past that blazed my path
Waylon and Willie, Jerry Jeff and the rest
It's their blood and sweat that turned this dirt red
But I'm fine with it
I just get on with it
Cause I can't change it
The day the red dirt blew through Texas
I cried a thousand tears
For those that came before, and those that follow
I said "Hello Boys, I'm glad you're here
But there's work to be done so grab yourself a chair"
The day the red dirt blew through Texas
The voices of a thousand exes sang out to me in harmonies
Never heard before
I said "Hello girls, I'm glad you're here
But there's work to be done could you bring us one more beer"
Well I never been to the Great Divide
My journey started when I was just five