He said, ''I may take your money but don't put yourself above me''
Who say you knew me when nobody knew my name but
Who say you knew me when nobody knew my name but
Spent years of havin' nothin' and sleepin' in my car
Said I'm too lazy to amount to anything
So don't judge me till you stand where I stand
'Cause the blood in these veins is tried and true
My daddy ran a still house to keep us kids alive
Are the first ones to the stage just beggin' for a little taste
Are the first ones to the stage just beggin' for a little taste
I don't need you or anyone else to approve
The same people that called him no good
In the honky tonks and bars
I'd drive all day and play all night
Said I'm too lazy to amount to anything
I left home at sixteen with a guitar on my back
With everything I called my own I carried in a paper sack
You don't know me you don't know who I am
I don't need you or anyone else to approve
I don't need you or anyone else to approve
So don't judge me till you stand where I stand
You don't know me, you don't know who I am
Don't cut me down as you walk away
So don't judge me till you stand where I stand
The same people that called me crazy
Just doin' what he had to do after mama died
Would meet him in the back woods for a little taste
The same people that called me crazy
You don't know the pain that I've been through
You don't know the pain that I've been through
'Cause the blood in these veins is tried and true
You don't know the pain that I've been through
'Cause the blood in these veins is tried and true
You don't know me you don't know who I am
