Granddaddy drank heavy and daddy drank light I can turn any day to Saturday night if I want to And most the time I want to I can still paint a picture of a hemlock view My mountains had smoke, but the ones that were blue that we'd buy then Were the ones I spent a little more time in Between the hangovers and the handcuffs It's been a minute since I've had one in my hand 'cause Everybody says it's gonna be the death of me But these days I'm livin' on the side of alive Just 'cause I smile through my sobriety Don't mean it ain't chillin' in the back of my mind I ain't sayin' I swore it off for good I'm just sayin' I'm doing the best I can But what do you expect from a redneck? Hell, I was born with a beer in my hand When I was puttin' 'em down, they put me through hell Put some scars on some trucks, myself as well But if I never did put that can to my mouth I wouldn't have nothin' I could sing about, yeah Everybody says it's gonna be the death of me But these days I'm livin' on the side of alive Just 'cause I smile through my sobriety Don't mean it ain't chillin' in the back of my mind I ain't sayin' I swore it off for good I'm just sayin' I'm doing the best I can But what do you expect from a redneck? Hell, I was born with a beer in my hand Ah yeah, I was born with a beer in my hand Whoa I ain't the devil that I acted like years ago Oh But I'll be back one day, y'all, even though Everybody says it's gonna be the death of me But these days I'm livin' on the side of alive Just 'cause I smile through my sobriety Don't mean it ain't chillin' in the back of my mind I ain't sayin' I swore it off for good I'm just sayin' I'm doing the best I can But what do you expect from a redneck? Hell, I was born with a beer in my hand Ah yeah, I was born with a beer in my hand Born with a beer in my hand