Toby Keith Graduates From “Honkeytonk U” In Music Video
on Jun 10, 2015
Toby Keith sings about his life in his music video for the song “Honkeytonk U.” It is the lead-off single off his 2005 album Honkeytonk University.
The song talks about Toby’s childhood when he used to go to his grandmother’s nightclub every summer and work until late at night when he got to sit with the band. The video starts him in the nightclub as a child and then cuts to Toby in present day, now performing at the same club.
Watch his video below!
Lyrics
My grandmother owned a nightclub on the Arkansas-Oklahoma line
Momma put me on a greyhound, and I went
To stay with her in the summertime
I’d box up those empty long necks and stack’em in the back and make
A hand
Then at night she’d let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band
Yes, I have sacked some quarterbacks and broke my share of bones along the way
I knew it wouldn’t
Last forever, semi-pro always means semi-paid
I started climbin’ drillin’ rig, I’m oil field trash and
Proud as I can be
Then I took my songs and guitar and sang’em to a man from Tennessee
I’ve played every beer joint tavern from New York city out to Pasadena
Every corn dog fair and rodeo
And sold out every basketball arena
I like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad City too
I am a red, white and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U
A star can’t burn forever, and the brightest ones will someday lose their shine
But the glass wont
Ever be half empty in my optimistic mind
I’ll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it up and
Play it loud
As long as there’s a bar room with a corner stage and a honkytonk crowd
I’ve played every beer joint tavern from New York city out to Pasadena
Every corn dog fair and rodeo
And sold out ever basketball arena
I like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad city
Too
Son I’m a red, white, and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U
That’s right a red, white, and blue
Blood graduate of Honkytonk U
