"50 Years On" lyrics

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We cut that record back in '76
We sang our hearts out just two boys from the sticks
We learned to charm the pretty girls we'd meet
We sold our souls off to the music industry
Yet here we are
50 years on

We rocked the honky tonks we stormed the arenas
We went on tour with Loggins and Messina
We shook the world like it owed us a living
We sinned by night and prayed all day to be forgiven
We ran with Haggard
We hung with Jones
We flew to Europe and we met the Rolling Stones
Still rolling on
50 years on

We swallowed potions just to weather the storms
We smoked the moonlight while the starlets kept us warm
We travelled countries that we never thought we'd see
We stood on hallowed ground at the Grand Ole Opry
Then Conway Twitty said boys that's some great song
We'll sing Beautiful Body till the cows come home
Old Conway's gone
And it's 50 years on

It's still a mystery how we stayed alive
Mama stopped, prayed so hard
The good Lord let us slide

We got Eight Miles High and we're still wondering why
Smuggling that stash across the Friendly Skies
We saw all the great bands
Even played a show with Queen
We travelled into war zones with the US Marines
We fought those Record Labels till we got our music back
We circled the globe so many times that we lost track
Now looking back
50 years on

Lots of friends have said "so long"
And it's 50 years on
So far we're still hanging on
And it's 50 years on
Let's raise our glass to Dannie Jones
50 years on
Somebody break out the bomb
'Cause it's 50 years on