Grew up on a creek bank, listen to some old Hank Breathing in the smoke of a paper mill town Just hangin' and bangin' around Just bangin' around Yeah, hard to make a green dollar in a dried up holler Even when you leave, no, you never get out The further I got, the more I found and I found Dragging these roots like a bag of bones I guess where I'm from won't let me go A hickory heart and a moonshine soul A little more grit than a gravel road You can cover 'em up, shake off the dust But you're never gonna cut 'em loose Yeah, I got where I got, and I get where I'm going to Ooh, dragging these roots Yeah, I learned how to hustle Watching daddy bust it Working on cars in the weeds in the yard Guess the apple didn't fall that far Didn't fall that far Yeah, you can bring a shovel, it ain't worth the trouble Can't dig up what's in your heart Wherever you go, there you are Yeah, dragging these roots like a bag of bones (Like a bag of bones) I guess where I'm from won't let me go A hickory heart and a moonshine soul A little more grit than a gravel road (Gravel road) You can cover 'em up, shake off the dust But you're never gonna cut 'em loose (Never gonna cut 'em loose) Yeah, I got where I got, and I get where I'm going to Ooh, dragging these roots Dragging these roots Just dragging these, dragging these roots Dragging these, dragging these roots Grew up on a creek bank, listen to some old Hank Breathing in the smoke of a paper mill town Hard to make a green dollar in a dried up holler Even when you leave, you'll never get out (You never get out, you never get out) Yeah, dragging these roots like a bag of bones (Like a bag of bones) I guess where I'm from won't let me go A hickory heart and a moonshine soul A little more grit than a gravel road (Gravel road) You can cover 'em up, shake off the dust But you're never gonna cut 'em loose (Never gonna cut 'em loose) Yeah, I got where I got, and I get where I'm going to Ooh, dragging these roots Dragging these roots Dragging these, dragging these, dragging these, dragging these roots