"Van Zant - Help Somebody"

Well grandaddy was a hillbilly scholar
blue collar of a man...
He came from the school of
"you don't need nothin' if you can't make it with your own two hands"
He was backwoods, backwards, used words like:
no sir, yes ma'am, by god, I'll be darned, hell yeah I'm American...
and all the years he walked this earth
I swear all he did was work
He said the devil dreams on an idle horse
so you listen to me squirt...

Don't get too high on a bottle
and get right with a man
Fight your fights, find your grace
and all the things you two can't change, and help somebody if you can

Now Granny said sonny
stick to your gun if you believe in something
no matter what
cause it's better to be hated for who you are
Than loved for someone you're not
She was 5 feet of concrete
New York born and raised on a slick city street
She'll stare you down, stand her ground
still kickin' and screamin' at 93
I remember how frail she looked
in that hospital bed
taking her last few breaths of life
and smiling as she said

Don't get too high on a bottle
just a little syrup now and then
fight your fights
find your grace
and all the things you two can't change
and help somebody if you can
and get right with a man

I never let a cowboy make the coffee
yeah thats what Granny always said to my Grandad
and he'd say never tell a joke
that ain't that funny more than once
and if you wanna hear God laugh
tell Him your plans

Don't get too high on a bottle
get right with a man, son
fight your fights
find your grace
and all the things you two can't change
and help somebody if you can
and get right with a man

and get right with a man