I'm cleaning up them dirty words that I say these days Showing up to church a lot more on Sunday Working on bad habit breaking Cutting back on Copenhagen Little less gas, little more brake in my Chevrolet Whatever it takes 'cause I got a gift from God sitting in the back seat And I'ma need to be a little better If he's gonna wanna be like me I'm just a good ol' boy Trying to be a good ol' man Out here learning on the fly Trying to do the best I can To raise him up right No sir, yes, ma'am I'm just a good ol' boy Trying to be a good ol' man Yes, I am Gonna be a lot of learning in between them inches on that doorframe I don't know a lot about a lot, but I know I could teach him a few things How to swim, how to fish, how to drive a stick Just like my daddy taught me And he'll know how to say he's sorry 'Cause he'll hear that from me I'm just a good ol' boy Trying to be a good ol' man Out here learning on the fly Trying to do the best I can To raise him up right Lord knows I am I'm just a good ol' boy Trying to be a good ol' man (Good ol' man) Oh, I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh, I'm trying to be a good ol' man (Good ol' man) Oh, I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh, I'm trying to be a good ol' man Making a man out of him Is making a man out of me Making a man out of him So one day he'll be Another good ol' boy, yeah Just a good ol' boy Trying to be a good old man Out here learning on the fly Trying to do the best I can To raise him up right Lord knows I am I'm just a good ol' boy Trying to be a good ol' man Yes, I am Oh, I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh, I'm trying to be a good ol' man (Good ol' man) Oh, I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh, I'm trying to be a good ol' man Yes, I am Oh, I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh, I'm trying to be a good ol' man (Good ol' man) Oh, I'm trying, oh I'm trying, oh I'm trying Oh, I'm trying to be a good ol' man (Mmm, yeah)