I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up First twenty years man, I didn't say much Taking all the shit that the poor folks are given Dodging daddy's fist and the Jackson County Prison Can't cut a bleach stain who am I kidding I came from the mud where the low lives waller Sailor-swearing, single-parent, double-wide squalor Wild child, coyote-kid without a collar Trying to get by on a high and a dollar It's the salt in the sting It's the fire in my veins Hear it when I sing It's the pain that put the holler in the holler from the holler Holler from the holler Board as a 2×4, fightin' just for fun In the middle of nowhere with nowhere to run Hellbent, broken-soul seeking salvation Where the preachers all preach from The Book of Revelations A hundred dollar Chevy was my ticket out And The Valley of The Shadow always with me no doubt I came from the mud where the low lives waller Sailor-swearing, single-parent, double-wide squalor Wild child, coyote-kid without a collar Trying to get by on a high and a dollar It's the salt in the sting Fire in my veins Hear it when I sing It's the pain that put the holler in the holler from the holler Holler from the holler Yeah Yeah I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up I came from the mud where the low lives waller Sailor-swearing, single-parent, double-wide squalor Wild child, coyote-kid without a collar Trying to get by on a high and a dollar It's the salt in the sting It's the fire in my veins Hear it when I sing It's the pain that Pain put the holler Pain put the holler In the holler from the holler Holler from the holler