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Lyrics of Gotta Be Me by Cody Johnson
verse
I'm a long country mile from bein' in style
Dirty hat and 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
verse
Yeah, I say what I think
But sometimes I drink
And when I do, I drink too much
Wind up on my back
My eyes shinin' black
And I know it's all because, bad as it might be
Hey, I gotta be me
chorus
You can wind me up an dine me
You can polish up and shine me
But the real thing's gonna shine through
It ain't always pretty, but the cowboy in me
Couldn't change if he wanted
verse
Yeah, I had a girl, her name was Pearl
I think she's up in Arkansas
She raised her voice and gave me a choice
'Tween singin' in a Honkeytonk or a J-O-B
And as you can see, I gotta be me
chorus
Yeah, you can wine me up and dine me
You can polish up an shine me
But the real thing's gonna shine through
It ain't always pretty but the cowboy in me
Couldn't change if he wanted to
verse
Yeah, I'm a rusty old truck you see out front
'Tween the Lexis and the Coupe de 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
outro
Yeah, like it or not, this is all I got
And I gotta be me
Writer(s): Cody Daniel Johnson, David Cory Lee
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Gotta Be Me
Album • 2016 • 14 tracks
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