Singin Thing

Intro verse 1 I learned On a hand-me-down guitar At thirteen all my heroes Were country music stars When I played those songs for mama Oh, the smile it would bring And lookin' back That's when I fell in love With this singin' thing Instrumental verse 2 My first payin' gig Was Uncle Jim's birthday bash When I got through, they passed the hat I made eighteen dollars cash Who'd-a thought they'd pay good money For bendin' guitar strings But it made me think that I might have a chance At this singin' thing Instrumental Chorus And I'd do it all for nothin' And I'd do it all again It's who I want to be And it's who I've always been Some folks may call me crazy Just a fool out chasin' dreams But in my heart, it's everything to me verse 3 When all my friends went off to college I went to school in honkytonks I got my degree in readin' crowds And writin' country songs Well, they say this road ain't easy Lord, I know what they mean But it's been worth all the dues I've had to pay For this singin' thing Instrumental Chorus I'd do it all for nothin' And I'd do it all again It's who I want to be And it's who I've always been Some folks may call me crazy Just a fool out chasin' dreams But in my heart, it's everything to me verse 4 As I stand here on this stage And play for you tonight I know why I'm a lucky man To live this kind of life When those lights come up And I hear those guitars ring I tip my hat to each and every one of you And I thank God that I get to do This singin' thing Instrumental Outro I learned On a hand-me-down guitar At thirteen all my heroes N.C Were country music stars Instrumental