Around here every hole in the wall where we used to hang out and drink Has turned into a hipster bar where the boys wear skinny jeans Yeah that juke box in the corner ain't got one skynyrd song to play I guess a good ol' boy's damned hard to be these days They bought up and subdivided our half of talking rock creek And that get their gravel road's grown up into a full blown street Yeah that land I used to hunt got locked up behind a rich man's gate Yeah a good ol' boys damned hard to be these days But i'm doing my damndest To stand in the same kinda boots That my grand dad and daddy worked land in I'm proud of where my roots got planted And that ain't never gonna change, no way Yeah a good ol' boys damned hard to be these days Now days everything that you say it might offend someone else So if you love God and the flag you better keep it for yourself And any more when you hold the door you don't even get a thanks I guess a good ol' boys to hard to be these days But I'm doing my damndest To stand in the same kinda boots That my grand dad and daddy worked land in I'm proud of where my roots got planted And that ain't never gonna change, no way Yeah a good ol' boys damned hard to be these days I'm doing my damndest To stand in the same kinda boots That my grand dad and daddy worked land in I'm proud of where my roots got planted And that ain't never gonna change, no way Yeah a good ol' boys damned hard to be these days