Something to Be Proud Of-The Hit Co.

[ti:Something to Be Proud Of] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:New Country Classics: A Tribute to Montgomery Gentry's Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Something to Be Proud Of - The Hit Co. (热歌公司) [00:05.27]There's a story that my daddy tells religiously [00:10.02]Like clockwork every time he sees an opening [00:14.50]In a conversation about the way [00:19.63]Things used to be [00:21.22] [00:25.12]Well I'd just roll my eyes and make [00:27.48]A bee-line for the door [00:29.82]But I'd always wind up starry-eyed, [00:32.52]Cross-legged on the floor [00:34.62]Hanging on to every word [00:37.28] [00:39.29]Man, the things I heard [00:42.14] [00:44.81]It was harder times and longer days [00:47.26]Five miles to school, uphill both ways [00:49.78]We were cane switch raised, and dirt floor poor [00:52.48]'Course that was back before the war [00:54.66]Yeah, your uncle and I made quite a pair [00:57.19]Flying F-15's through hostile air [00:59.95]He went down but they missed me by a hair [01:04.06] [01:04.58]He'd always stop right there and say... [01:06.03] [01:07.00]That's something to be proud of [01:09.47]That's a life you can hang your hat on [01:11.93]That's a chin held high as the tears fall down [01:14.56]A gut sucked in, a chest stuck out [01:16.95]Like a small town flag a-flyin' [01:18.30] [01:19.40]Or a newborn baby cryin' [01:21.80]In the arms of the woman that you love [01:25.51]That's something to be proud of [01:28.78] [01:36.64]Son graduatin' college, that [01:39.30]Was mama's dream [01:41.55]But I was on my way to anywhere [01:43.62]Else when I turned 18 [01:46.25]Cuz when you gotta fast car you [01:50.75]Think you've got everything [01:56.84]I learned quick those GTO's don't run on faith [02:01.41]I ended up broken down in some [02:04.11]Town north of L.A. [02:06.39]Working maximum hours for minimum wage [02:16.21]Well, I fell in love, next thing I know [02:18.98]The babies came, the car got sold [02:21.45]I sure do miss that old hot rod [02:23.73]But you sure save gas in them foreign jobs [02:26.25]Dad, I wonder if I ever let you down [02:28.87]If you're ashamed how I turned out [02:31.13]Well, he lowered his voice, then [02:33.25]He raised his brow [02:35.89]Said, let me tell ya right now [02:38.74]That's something to be proud of [02:41.01]That's a life you can hang your hat on [02:43.48]You don't need to make a million [02:45.76]Just be thankful to be workin' [02:48.36]If you're doing what you're able [02:50.76]And putting food there on the table [02:53.30]And providing for the family that you love [02:57.08]That's something to be proud of [03:03.32]And if all you ever really do is the best you can [03:10.08] [03:10.61]Well, you did it man [03:13.33]That's something to be proud of [03:15.63]That's a life you can hang your hat on [03:18.10]That's a chin held high as the tears fall down [03:20.77]A gut sucked in, a chest stuck out [03:23.13]Like a small town flag a-flyin' [03:25.49]Or a newborn baby cryin' [03:27.98]In the arms of the woman that you love [03:31.66]That's something to be proud of [03:34.33]That's something to be proud of [03:36.38]Yeah, that's something to be proud of [03:39.19]That's something to be proud of [03:41.54]Now that's something to be proud of