Backward Hicks Lyrics by Thomas Mac
I was 14 years old
Going on 31
Mouth of a sailor and a short-tempered son of a ***
I got expelled that year
After word got around
That billy hayes put his hands on my sister, so I knocked him out
Now violence is something that some folks don’t recommend
But you can bet your ass you never mess with her again
I don’t know much about life
I spend most my nights in bars
Call me old-fashioned
But I still stand for the stripes and stars
I don’t know where I’m going
But I know where I’ve been
I got the devil on both shoulders
But jesus is a friend
So here’s to all the times that my mama prayed for me
And here’s to cheap drinks and all the backward hicks like me
My grandpa taught me how to wet a line
And I’d give anything if he could come back down and have a little more time
I used to hate my dad for being hard on me
But looking back now he’s the reason I the man I proud to be
And I go ahead and say this
If there were more parents like mine
We’d have a lot less grown adults out there
Who *** and whine
I don’t know much about life
I spend most of my nights in bars
Call me old-fashioned
But I still stand for the stripes and stars
I don’t know where I’m going
But I know where I’ve been
I got the devil on both shoulders
But jesus is a friend
So here’s to all the ones that are fighting overseas
And here’s to cheap drinks
And all the backward hicks like me
Hicks like me
And I don’t know if I am gonna make it to heaven, but if I do, I know I’m gonna see
A southern choir full of backward hicks like me
