Gotta Be Me

I'm a lone country mile from bein' style Dirty hat an cowboy boots I cut my teeth on them old outlaw songs My daddy used to listen to Guess it's in my genes I gotta be me Yeah I say what I think But sometimes I drink And when I do I drink too much Wind up on my back Eye shinin' black And I know it's all because bad as it might be Hey I gotta be me You can wine me up an dine me You can polish up an shine me but the real things gonna shine through It ain't always pretty but the cowboy in me Couldn't change if he wanted to Yeah I had a girl her name was Pearl I think she's up in Arkansaw She raised her voice and gave me a choice 'Tween singin' in a Honkeytonk or JOB As u can see I gotta be me Yeah you can wine me up an dine me You can polish up an shine me but the real things gonna shine through It ain't always pretty but the cowboy in me Couldn't change if he wanted to Yeah im rusty ole truck, you see out front 'Tween the Lexus and the Cootie Ville The one of a kind that some try to find Some are hopin' that they never will still I do my thing 'Cause I gotta be me Yeah like it or not this is all I got And I gotta be me --- Gotta Be Me - Cody Johnson