The Grandpa Song

Hey, CoJo

Run through that, uh, your grandpa song right quick

All right, I'll be a minute

I wish that my grandad was still here today

'Cause I'd love to hear what he'd have to say

About three dollars and fifty-nine cents

For a gallon of gas

And I'd show him my wife and what I've done with my life

I'd see if he liked all these songs that I write

Oh, I wish I knew what he would think about

The fact that

If you're 16 and pregnant, you'll get on TV

But yet we're laying off school teachers fast as can be

Oh, I wish I knew what he'd think about us now

He'd probably ask me why the good ol' US of A

Is so damn tied up in our foreign aid

When the American farmer's got to sell all the cows

To keep the bank from taking the house

I wish I could write him in on my ballot for the next president

Cause' there's men like John Wayne, Augustus McCrae

The Lone Ranger and his Indian friend

But there will never be another man like him

I'm glad that I'm not some big Hollywood star

That thinks they have the right to go as far

As bitching about the hundred million dollars they make a year

Cause' there's scars on my knuckles and sweat on my brow

And I know that grandpa, he'd sure be proud

Of my little part that I've made to our family tree

He'd probably ask me why people like Casey Anthony can get off scot-free

And why our taxes are still killing folks just like you and me

Oh, I wish I knew what he'd think about us now

He'd probably ask me why the good ol' US of A

Is so damn tied up in our foreign aid

When the American farmer's got to sell all the cows

To keep the bank from taking the house

I wish I could write him in on my ballot for the next president

Cause' there's men like John Wayne, Augustus McCrae

The Lone Ranger and his Indian friend

But there will never be another man like him

Yeah, there's men like John Wayne, Augustus McCrae

The Lone Ranger and his Indian friend

But there will never be another man like him

What you think?

Dude, man, that's awesome

Got me all choked up

That sounded great

You don't need that stinking band

You don't need no stinking band

Put that on the record

You deserve a drink after that