Aaron Lewis of Staind – Country Boy (Acoustic)

This is the version from his upcoming country music EP entitled Town Line that’s slated to be released March 1, 2011 on Stroudavarious Records. It’ll feature 5 tracks including the first single “Country Boy” as well as the songs “Massachusetts,” “Vicious Circles,” “The Story Never Ends,” and a re-recording of “Tangled Up in You” originally from The Illusion of Progress. LYRICS Well I grew up down an old dirt road In a town you wouldn’t know My pop’s picked a place up for fifteen hundred bucks Back in 1964 My grandfather was a drinker Back in the day he put ’em down But war is known to change a man And whiskey’s known to change a man That’s not me I rarely drink from the bottle but I smoke a little… I still live in the sticks where you wouldn’t go In a town of twelve hundred off an old dirt road And a country boy is all I’ll ever be Now its been twelve years since I sold my soul To the devil in LA He said sign your name here on the dotted line And your songs they all will play He set up shop on sunset He put me up on marquee He said you want to sell a million records boy You better listen to me He said change your style Whiten your smile you can lose a couple pounds And if you want to live this life You better lose that wife Don’t even need your friends around And I said that’s not me ‘Cause biggest things in life are your friends and family And I like my jeans and my old t-shirts A couple extra pounds never really hurt ‘Cause a country boy is all I’ll ever be ‘Cause …