These Are My People

Well we grew up down by the railroad tracks 
shootin' b.b.'s at old beer cans 
chokin' on the smoke from a lucky strike 
someone lifted off of his old man 
we were football flunkies 
rock and roll junkies 
crackin' up the stereos 
singin' loud and proud to gimme three steps 
and that old time rock and roll 

we got some discount knowledge at the junior college 
where we majored in beer and girls 
it was all real funny 'til we ran out of money 
and they threw us out into the world 
yeah the kids that thought they'd run this town 
ain't runnin' much of anything 
we're just lovin' and laughin' 
and bustin' our asses 
and we call it all livin' the dream 

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these are my people 
this is where i come from 
we're givin' this life everything we've got and then some 
it ain't always pretty 
but it's real 
that's the way we were made 
wouldn't have it any other way 
these are my people 

well we take it all week on the chin with a grin 
till we make it to a friday night 
and it's church league softball holler 'bout a bad call 
preacher breakin' up the fight 
then later on at the green light tavern 
well everybody's gatherin' as friends 
and the beer is pourin' till monday mornin' 
where we start all over again 

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we fall down and we get up 
we walk proud and we talk tough 
we got heart and we got nerve 
even if we are a bit disturbed 

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