"Family Business" lyrics

Teacher told me "Son, get your degree
Or the real world's gonna be hell"
But I was learning all about 9 to 5's
From the smokey mountain nightingale
Yeah, I grew up pickin' on a hand me down
6 string that couldn't hold tune
But I played that thing till my fingers bled
Maybe deep down I knew
One day I'd end up
Up in the family business

Granddaddy bought himself a maxi van
And a fiddle and hit the road
Trying to make a living, or just enough money
For gas to get back home
I been writing 'bout life one song at a time
Since about 12 years old
Then I moved to Music City
To sing these ditties and try to strike country gold
I finally ended
Up in the family business
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I ain't no doctor, no lawyer
Don't care if I don't make a dollar
Singing my songs
As long as someone sings along
Blame it on the genes, blame it on a dream
Or a little bit of both
But thank God I ended
Up in the family business

Hey
Momma was a songbird all her life
As she kept me underneath her wing
She told me that you never work a day in your life
Getting paid for what you'd do for free, uh
So, I clocked in when I see the lights come on
And the band starts to play
I don't mind putting in a little overtime
And tonight we're working late

Ain't no doctor, no lawyer
I hit the road just like Tom Sawyer
Singing my songs
As long as someone sings along
Blame it on the genes blame it on a dream
Or a little bit of both
But thank God I ended
Up in the family business
Hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Whoo, ooh, ooh

Yeah
I ain't no doctor, no lawyer
I'm just another guitar warrior
Singing my songs
As long as someone sings along
Blame it on the genes, blame it on a dream
Or a little bit of both
But thank God I ended
Up in the family business
Mmm, yeah, yeah, yeah

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