Well they call me southern thunder Hear me long before I come When my guitar starts to rumble And my amplifier hums It's so easy makin music All about my family home Yea they call me southern thunder Proud to be that's how I'm known Now my daddy he was somewhere Between god and john wayne And I realized long ago I'm gonna sure do my own thing So I sang about a country boy That knew how to survive And you know I'm tellin the truth Cause I'm talkin bout my own life Well they call me southern thunder Hear me long before I come When my guitar wants to rumble And my amplifier hums It's easy makin music All about my family home Yea they call me southern thunder Proud to be that's how I'm known Yea they call me southern thunder Hear me long before I come When my guitar starts to rumble And my amplifier hums There's a storm front building up Down in the gulf of Mexico Yea they call me southern thunder Know me everywhere I go No don't put us done or talk about Our sacred southern ways Or southern thunder just might roll around And rain out your parade It's so easy makin music All about my family home Yea they call me southern thunder Proud to be that's how I'm known There's a storm front builiding up Down in the gulf of Mexico Seems to follow me everywhere I go Yea they call me southern thunder Proud to be don't you know