Somebody To Thank

I gotta thank a small town preacher

Makin' me a hymn singer

On the Sunday's mamma made me go

I gotta thank a high school teacher for believin' in a dreamer

And steering me down the road

I gotta thank my granddad for the Saturday's on the lake

Cookin' 'em and reelin' 'em in

I gotta thank the boys I raised all kind of hell with

Couldn't ask for better best friends

I gotta thank Earnhardt

Springsteen, Luke Skywalker

For filling up my memory bank

I gotta thank JD, Jim Beam, mr. Anheuser

For a Friday night good time drink

I gotta thank mama and my daddy

For eighteen years then gasin' up the Chevrolet tank

No matter who you are

Everybody's got somebody to thank

I gotta thank an old coon dog

For licking my hand on days I was feeling alone

I gotta thank my old man's brother

For a tour in the jungle

Just to keep us all safe at home

I gotta thank a next door neighbor

For calling that number

That morning our house caught fire

I gotta thank a Midwest farmer

For a teenage summer

With a boy he didn't have to hire

I gotta thank Beau, Luke, Mellencamp

Joe Montana for filling up my memory bank

I gotta thank JD, Jim Beam, mr Anheuser

For a Friday night good time drink

I gotta thank mama and my daddy

For eighteen years then gasin' up the Chevrolet tank

No matter who you are

Everybody's got somebody to thank

No I ain't forgot and I'll never forget

I gotta thank God for every day I've had

And every day I'll get

I gotta thank the love of my life

Every day and night

For filling up my memory bank

I gotta thank JD, Jim Beam, mr Anheuser

For a Friday night good time drink

I gotta thank mama and my daddy

For eighteen years then gasin' up the Chevrolet tank

No matter who you are

Everybody's got somebody to thank