Brantley Gilbert - Fire & Brimstone Album Lyrics

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Fire't Up

We encircled up them four wheel drives
Stacking palettes to the sky
We got all you wanna drink, a
Tank of gasoline, and
Baby all I need's your light

To fire't up
We gon' tear the night up
Got 'shine in the masons
Good times in the making
Baby, crank it
Fire't up
Get you a little buzzed
Country queens do your thing
Y'all can get this small town lit
Let's fire't up
Let's fire't up

Yeah, I don't dance, all I do is this
Drink in my right, smoking with my left
From the classic fade-aways and tweeters
Old school'd on them speakers
Drop the beat and bang your head
Hell yeah!

Fire't up
We gon' tear the night up
Got 'shine in the masons
Good times in the making
Baby, crank it
Fire't up
Get you a little buzzed
Country queens do your thing
Y'all can get this small town lit
Let's fire't up
Let's fire't up

(Light it up, son)

Let's fire't up
We gon' tear the night up
Got 'shine in the masons
Good times in the making
Baby, crank it
Fire't up
Get you a little buzzed
Country queens do your thing
Y'all can get this small town lit

Let's fire't up
We gon' tear the night up
Got 'shine in the masons
Good times in the making
Baby, crank it
Fire't up
Get you a little buzzed
Country queens do your thing
Y'all can get this small town lit
Let's fire't up
Fire't up
Let's fire't up
Let's fire it all up, man

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Not Like Us

Woo!

Yeah, every small town's got its boss hog
Big dog steady runnin' the show
Yeah, attitude, tattooed, sleeves rolled up
He's all swoled up with nowhere to go
Everybody's rollin' 'round in 4-wheel drives
And jackin' up their trucks
Yeah, they think they livin' it up

Not like us
We're on another level
These folks 'round here
2-steppin' with the devil
I'm callin' y'all's bluff
Y'all drinkin', y'all smokin' it up
Show me what you got boy
I'll show you that you're not like us
Wanna be, yeah, you know you wanna be like us
Wanna be but you're never gonna be like us
Not like us

Everybody likes to light it up
With your buddies get to buzzin' like a neon light
Hit the strip, get it lit man, take another sip
Hit a lick on a Saturday night
Yeah, they closin' down and throwin' down
Until the sun comes up
Yea they think they livin' it up

Man, but not like us
We're on another level
These folks 'round here
2-steppin' with the devil
I'm callin' y'all's bluff
Y'all drinkin', y'all smokin' it up
Show me what you got boy
I'll show you that you're not like us
Wanna be, yeah, you know you wanna be like us
Wanna be but you're never gonna be like us
Not like us

Everybody's rollin' 'round in four wheel drives
And jackin' up their trucks
Closing down, and throwing down
Until the sun comes up
You say if I were one of y'all
You know I got you all
Everyone of us wants all of, all of y'all

What's up?
We're on another level
These folks 'round here
2-steppin' with the devil
I'm callin' y'all's bluff
Y'all drinkin', y'all smokin' it up
Show me what you got boy
I'll show you that you're not like us
Wanna be, yeah, you know you wanna be like us
Wanna be but you're never gonna be like us
You're not like us

(Hahahaha)
(Look here)
(Some of y'all phonies)
(You need to stay on the porch)
(Oh mercy)
(Don't come down here)

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Welcome To Hazeville

Lukas Nelson
What's goin' on, B?
Colt Ford, we gon' do this thing, brother?
Take it
Yeah

Reverend said, "I'm gon' split Hell wide open"
Never say never, man, there ain't no way of knowin'
Everybody needs a spot to put the world on faith
I know a place and I know the way

Get that homegrown ready, man, that smoke gon' rise
Run the speed limit, never see blue lights
Everybody's chillin' where we always high
Hangin' out with Willie on that laid-back vibe
Blowin' smoke
Like fire into a hay field
(Oh) welcome to Hazeville
(Oh) I see you risin' from that shine still
(Oh) welcome to Hazeville

Ah, just some good old boys
And, man, them girls ain't playin'
Way they move, the way they groovin'
Man, it's crazy, I'm just sayin'
Good times need havin'
There's some chances worth takin'
Yeah, you never know
Maybe there's some love needs makin'

Get that homegrown ready, man, that smoke gon' rise
Run the speed limit, never see blue lights
Everybody's chillin' where we always high
Hangin' out with Willie on that laid-back vibe
Blowin' smoke
Like fire into a hayfield
(Oh) welcome to Hazeville
(Oh) I see you risin' from that shine still
(Oh) welcome to Hazeville

Yeah
Roll it up, light it up
Pass it, 'cause Hazeville is always on (yessir)
If you ain't one of our people
Best place you should get is gone (get gone)
Might be hard for you to breathe
Act wrong and you gon' bleed (that's right)
This song is how we feel
We keep it real in Hazeville (smoke)

Get that homegrown ready, man, that smoke gon' rise
Run the speed limit, never seein' blue lights
Everybody's chillin' where we always high
Hangin' out with Willie on that laid-back vibe
Blowin' smoke
Like fire into a hay field
(Oh) welcome to Hazeville
(Oh) I see you risin' from that shine still
(Oh) welcome to Hazeville

Hey, Willie, you wanna take 'em home, sir?
Welcome to Hazeville

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What Happens In A Small Town

(Featuring Lindsay Ell)

[Brantley Gilbert]
I can't go for a ride to clear my head
'Cause everything I pass puts you back in it
Yeah we're done, movin' on
But you can't be too far gone

[Chorus: Both]
'Cause what happens in a small town stays in a small town
Every back road, we've ever gone down
Friday night bleachers, Sunday pews
Ain't a county line mile without a memory of you
Every whisper, every room, I walk in
Every time the bartender fills it up again
Everybody knows why I'm here, and you ain't around
'Cause what happens in a small town, stays in a small town

[Lindsay Ell]
Oh we said this goodbye was the last
I guess I could leave, I could run from the past
And from us, and from you

[Both]
But this is where I belong, this is my home too

What happens in a small town stays in a small town
Every back road, we've ever gone down
Friday night bleachers, Sunday pews
Ain't a county line mile without a memory of you
Every whisper, every room, I walk in
Every time the bartender fills it up again
Everybody knows why I'm here, and you ain't around
'Cause what happens in a small town, stays in a small town

[Brantley Gilbert]
Yeah I'm still here, yeah
And every time I see that little white Jeep

[Lindsay Ell]
Yeah that hand-me-down Ford pullin' down your street

[Both]
You wonder if somebody's in my seat
If you're movin' on or you're stuck like me

[Brantley Gilbert]
What happens in a small town

[Lindsay Ell]
Stays in a small town

[Brantley Gilbert]
(Oh yeah)

[Both]
What happens in a small town stays in a small town
Every back road, we've ever gone down
Friday night bleachers, Sunday pews
Ain't a county line mile without a memory of you
Every whisper, every room, I walk in
Every time the bartender fills it up again
Everybody knows why I'm here, and you ain't around
(You ain't around)
'Cause what happens in a small town, stays in a small town

It stays in a small town
It stays in a small town
And I'm still here
(what happens in a small town)
I'm still here
(Stays in a small town)
I'm still here
Yeah I'm still here
I'm still here

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She Ain't Home

Every time I make it to a front door droppin' off a girl any other boy would die for any day
I see your face and I say goodnight
And even if it makes it to the back seat thinkin' I'm finally movin' on, it's on, it's all good
It's all wrong
'Cause she ain't home

'Cause she ain't home
She don't taste like sweet tea
Ain't got a voice that sounds like Dixie
Don't play dashboard drums with her bare-feet
There ain't no memory, ain't no history like
Your little smile from the choir
Don't light up a sky like a Friday night
She ain't the girl mama keeps in a frame in the drawer
Nah she ain't home

Every time I try to turn a page I'm seein' words in red
I love you, I miss you, I can't keep doin' this
And I ain't over it
And she ain't done nothin' wrong

'Cause she ain't home
She don't taste like sweet tea
Ain't got a voice that sounds like Dixie
Don't play dashboard drums with her bare-feet
There ain't no memory, ain't no history like
Your little smile from the choir
Don't light up a sky like a Friday night
She ain't the girl mama keeps in a frame in the drawer
Nah she ain't home
She ain't home
She ain't home

'Cause she ain't home
She don't taste like sweet tea
Ain't got a voice that sounds like Dixie
Don't play dashboard drums with her bare-feet
There ain't no memory, there ain't no history like
Your little smile from the choir
Don't light up a sky like a Friday night
She ain't the girl mama keeps in a frame in the drawer
Nah she ain't home
She ain't home
She ain't home
She ain't home
She ain't home

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Lost Soul's Prayer

I was brought up in the front row
That fire and brimstone
Old school reverend, straight and narrow
Man I always had a thing for the path less traveled
Fast lane lead to the back road, eventually to that back door

I'm out of my own and I'm a little bit faded
Don't even know if I should even be prayin'
But it's all in my heart so I mine as well say it now
I hope you're listenin'

Before I lay my head down I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I got the Devil on me so Lord I'm prayin' now you forgive me for my sins
Knowin' good and well I'll probably do it again
And be with the people lookin' down on me
But Lord don't ever let 'em put their hands on me
I turn them lights out, don't know if you can hear me up there
It's just another lost soul's prayer

I can see my mama now and good girl at home
They're both on their knees, both by the phone
And I'm the reason for the tears in both their eyes
And I'm the reason they're beggin' you to just get me through the shit one more night

I'm out of my own and I'm a little bit faded
Don't even know if I should even be prayin'
But if you think there's somethin' in me worth savin'
Then I hope you save me

Before I lay my head down I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I got the Devil on me so Lord I'm prayin' now you forgive me for my sins
Knowin' good and well I'll probably do it again
Tell my girl don't worry, I'ma be alright
Tell my mama I'ma see her when the sun rise
I turn them lights out, don't know if you can hear me up there
It's just another lost soul's prayer

I'm out of my own and I'm a little bit faded
Don't even know if I should even be prayin'
But if you think there's somethin' in me worth savin'
Then I pray you save me

Before I lay my head down I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I got the Devil on me so Lord I'm prayin' now you forgive me for my sins
Give me the strength to never do it again
And bow with them people lookin' down on me
But Lord never let 'em put their hands on me
I turn them lights out, don't know if you can hear me up there
It's just another lost soul's prayer
Yeah, I'm just another lost soul

Amen

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Tough Town

Little hardware stores got eight by tens
Them black and white from way back when
Folks still rode their horses into town
See hard work and dirty blurry faces and that color ain't much changed
Them builders might be leanin' oh but they ain't fallin' down

This is a tough town
It's all blood, sweat, and tears
This is some tough ground
If it don't rain it don't go here
We've been red, white, and blue collar, God and country all these years
If you see us turnin' up and burnin' down we earned it son
This is a tough town
And this is a tough town

And we got outskirts full of old farmland
But there ain't a rock for sale
'Cause every inch has history to tell
Front porches full or rockin' chairs
Old folks drinkin' and sittin' out
That's this old school look
Here's to old calloused hands

This is a tough town
It's all blood, sweat, and tears
This is some tough ground
If it don't rain it don't go here
We've been red, white, and blue collar, God and country all these years
If you see us turnin' up and burnin' down we earned it son
This is a tough town
And this is a tough town

We know all about the grape vine
Some folks love to call it
But if you want some or one of us
Just know you got us all

This is a tough town
Yeah boy, this is a tough
Hell yeah, this is a tough town
It's all blood, sweat, and tears
This is some tough ground
If it don't rain it don't go here
We've been red, white, and blue collar, God and country all these years
If you see us turnin' up and burnin' down we earned it son
This is a tough town
And this is a tough town
This is a tough town
This a tough ass town

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Fire & Brimstone

(feat. Jamey Johnson & Alison Krauss)

I'm feelin' last night this mornin'
A train wreck pain in my head
But when I reach for the heir of the dog in the drawer
Found a dusty old Bible instead
Thought I ain't been to service since my grandaddy passed
Finish my cigarette out there on the front steps
And then slipped in the back by myself

You bring on the fire and brimstone
Tell me I'm goin' to hell
And which one of you will throw the first stone
I guess I'll see you there
You bring on the fire

And then I heard the reverend
He said "Turn and shake your neighbors hand"
One by one saw them all turn around just to stare back at me
Like the wreck that I am

You bring on the fire and brimstone
Tell me I'm goin' to hell
And which one of you will throw the first stone
I guess I'll see you there
You bring on the fire
You bring on the fire
Bring it on

And despite it I went down to the alter
And almost all of them followed me there
It turns out there's only one book and one cover
And they're all just glad I was there

And we prayed grace and forgiveness
Well my faith hold the love
And when I make my way to Heaven
Oh I pray that he'll say well done

You bring on the fire and brimstone
Tell me I'm goin' to hell
And which one of you will throw the first stone
I guess I'll see you there
You bring on the fire
Bring it on
Bring it on
Bring it on
You bring it on

There's a chance that when I get to Heaven
Oh, He may not know me at all
If that's the case man I'll take my judgement
Oh but it won't be in front of you all

You bring on the fire
You bring on the fire
Bring it on, bring it on, bring on the fire

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Laid Back Ride

Game on, she's a straight ten
And I'm a bad boy so I'm all in
I'ma let you catch me starin' in a minute
See if I can catch a smile back, she did
Don't see no husband, don't see no boyfriend
I got a shotgun seat wide open
If you're down we can ride around a little while
Do it small town style

Take you on a laid back, sip a little somethin'
Let me taste that I don't need your Dixie cup
Baby I can get a buzz off your lips
I never had a buzz quite like this
Sit back, find a country station
Got the top down countin' down every constellation in the sky
You can let your hair down a little while
I'ma take you on a, I'ma take you on a laid back ride

She said "What's up with all of you country boys
And your trucks, got to go get 'em stuck?"
Baby wait a minute, is it four wheel drive, ain't nothin' to play with

Just tryna take you on a laid back, sip a little somethin'
Let me taste that I don't need your Dixie cup
Baby I can get a buzz off your lips
I never had a buzz quite like this
Sit back, find a country station
Got the top down countin' down every constellation in the sky
You can let your hair down a little while
I'ma take you on a, take you on a laid back

Kickin' up dust, brushin' it off your shoulder
Baby give me the word I can put it on the floor
Or pull this down thing over

Let me take you on a laid back, sip a little somethin'
Let me taste that I don't need your Dixie cup
Baby I can get a buzz off your lips
I never had a buzz quite like this
Sit back, find a country station
Got the top down countin' down every constellation in the sky
You can let your hair down a little while
I'ma take you on a, I'ma take you on a laid back ride
Let me take you on a laid back ride

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Bad Boy

Girl, I would dial your number without lookin'
And you'd always pick it up as soon as it rang
And I'd hear you say, "I hear my momma comin'"
And you'd hide the phone up underneath the sheets

And I'd hear her say, "Girl, haven't I told you?
Yeah, I know who you're talkin' to"

"And it's that bad boy
It's that wrong side of the tracks boy
That break your heart and won't come back boy
Why's that boy the one you love?"
You're not that bad boy

You weren't scared but you had every reason
Me and my boys were nothin' short of dangerous
But you said, "Boy, you know I've heard you talked to Jesus
How's a tough guy like you afraid to love?"

"You ain't so bad, boy
You've done some things you can't take back, boy
But I see straight through that boy
And that boy's the one I love
And you ain't so bad boy
No, you ain't so bad
Ain't so bad"

Well I remember sittin' down beside your momma
My hands shakin' in my pocket with that ring
She said, "Boy, I always knew you loved my daughter
She loves you too and I think I know what she sees"

"So alright, bad boy
Long as them old habits don't come back, boy
You know that's how she lost her dad, boy
And that boy is the one I loved
He was my bad boy
He was my bad boy
Yes, you ain't so bad
Yes, you ain't so bad, boy"

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New Money

Pulled up in that beat up truck 'bout as clean as overtime can get
Yeah, no it don't look like much 'til she climbs on up in it
Got a pair of shades on, painted blue jeans on, that's my shotgun queen
Way out of my league, don't know what she sees, but I'm her blue collar king

Baby when we ride off like a [?]
The top dropped just so everybody knows
I'm rollin' with a dime, yeah that's you honey
Yeah, shinin' like new money
Yeah, shinin' like new money
(Oh, let it shine baby)

Pull up at the spot and everybody stops
Now they're startin' to stare
They say there ain't no way he got a girl like her
Man he's gotta be a millionaire
All them boys in Tom Fords are lined up to the door
They're just tryna buy her a drink
But the jokes on them 'cause I'm drinkin' for free
She's still leavin' with me

Baby when we ride off like a [?]
The top dropped just so everybody knows
I'm rollin' with a dime, yeah that's you honey
Yeah, shinin' like new money
You're the diamond, I'm the rough
I done hit it big baby, I'ma live it up
Pocket full of dimes, yeah that's you honey
Yeah, shinin' like new money
Yeah, shinin' like new money
(Oh, let it shine baby)

Oh baby I wish I could give you more
Of the finer things I just can't afford
She said "Boy you know you got a heart of gold
So I won't hold the door while I hop up in that Ford"

Baby when we ride off like a [?]
The top dropped just so everybody knows
I'm rollin' with a dime, yeah that's you honey
Yeah, shinin' like new money
You're the diamond, I'm the rough
I done hit it big baby, I'ma live it up
Pocket full of dimes, yeah that's you honey
Yeah, shinin' like new money
Yeah, shinin' like new money
Oh, let it shine baby

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Breaks Down

Me and this old girl, we got history
Blood, sweat, and tears up in this front seat
Lot of life in the rearview and miles of memories, yeah
Been through some headlights, been through some red lights
Duckin' through the small town runnin' from them blue lights
Well under the hood she's been good to me
But tonight I hope she

Breaks down the side of the road with nothin' else runnin' but the radio
You and me girl, no one else around
I wouldn't mind if this engine died right here, right now
It'd would be right on time
'Cause the way you're lookin' at me right now
It's got me hopein' that she breaks down, yeah

I think it's cool that you think she's pretty
You lookin' pretty too in that shotgun seat
Like the way you let the window and your hair down
Slidin' up next to me
How you wanna know how fast she goes
She ain't close to slow and I'm hopin' she goes up in smoke right now
I'm hopin'

Breaks down the side of the road with nothin' else runnin' but the radio
You and me girl, no one else around
I wouldn't mind if this engine died right here, right now
It'd would be right on time
'Cause the way you're lookin' at me right now
It's got me hopin' that she breaks down, breaks down

I can barely keep my hands on this wheel
Keep my eyes on this highway
I've had this girl for years
Never thought I'd pray she

Breaks down the side of the road with nothin' else runnin' but the radio
You and me girl, no one else around
I wouldn't mind if this engine died right here, right now
It'd would be right on time
'Cause the way you're lookin' at me right now
It's got me hopin' that she breaks down
It's got me hopin' that she breaks down, breaks down

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Man Of Steel

There's who I am and who I wanna be
Yeah, I got some things I gotta figure out
And I don't know what you see in me
I'ma love you 'til my last sun goes down
And my days are through
'Cause when it comes to you, yeah

I wanna be your man of steal
Be your shoulder, be your shield
You're rock when the road unrolls, starts goin' to hell
And goin' downhill
And when you think it ain't strong enough
Then I'm gonna pick you up
I got your six when it hits the fan for real
I wanna be your man of steal

I want you to feel invincible
Yeah, I want you to feel bullet proof
I'll take the shot if the trigger's pulled
Yeah, I'll take on the world if I have to
All your fights are mine
Just let them cross that line

I wanna be your man of steal
Be your shoulder, be your shield
You're rock when the road unrolls, starts goin' to hell
And goin' downhill
And when you think it ain't strong enough
Then I'm gonna pick you up
I got your six when it hits the fan for real
I wanna be your man of steal
Yeah, yeah, oh

I wanna be your man of steal
Be your shoulder, be your shield
You're rock when the road unrolls, starts goin' to hell
And goin' downhill
And when you think it ain't strong enough
Then I'm gonna pick you up
I got your six when it hits the fan for real
I wanna be your man of steal
I wanna be your man of steel, yeah-yeah
Man of steel

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Never Gonna Be Alone

I can't promise you my wild side won't show up from time to time
In the end I can't change who I am
And I can't say this highway won't stop howlin' out my name
'Til I'm out on two wheels, out on black again
Even if I can't slow down
Girl I'm gonna tell you right now

It always has a fast lane
It'll bring me back to you
Girl I'll open my throttle, hell or high water
And feedin' all the smoke
As long as I'm breathin'
Yeah, baby you're the reason
Even when my heart's a thousand miles from home
You're never gonna be alone

And I know I'm gettin' pulled in makin' different directions
Girl you know you always have been my true love
[?] you left southbound and I'm on my way right now

It always has a fast lane
It'll bring me back to you
Girl I'll open my throttle, hell or high water
And feedin' all the smoke
As long as I'm breathin'
Yeah, baby you're the reason
Even when my heart's a thousand miles from home
You're never gonna be alone
Oh, you're never gonna be alone
No you're never gonna be alone
No

No man alive and no red light or blue lights gonna stop me
If you need me girl just say the word you know you got me

It always has a fast lane
It'll bring me back to you
Girl I'll open my throttle, hell or high water
And feedin' all the smoke
As long as I'm breathin'
Yeah, baby you're the reason
Even when my heart's a thousand miles from home
You're never gonna be alone
You're never gonna be alone, nah

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Man That Hung The Moon

I lost my breath when I
Saw you take your first
My whole world stopped like that
And I ain't the crying type
I just saw your eyes
Words just can't describe what I see
You look just like me, yeah

You're gonna think I hung the moon
You're gonna think I made the sky
That the sun rises
And sets inside of my eyes
And it won't be long
'Til I hear "Daddy's home" and
Footsteps running to
The man that hung the moon

And I already know
You'll probably be a Mama's boy
It worked out fine for your Dad
I hope I'm still your hero
'Cause I already love you more than
Even I understand

You're gonna think I hung the moon
And that I made the sky
That the sun rises
And sets inside of my eyes
And it won't be long
'Til I hear "Daddy's home" and
Footsteps running to
The man that hung the moon
Oh yeah

And one day you'll realize
I've lost my cape, I can't fly
And I'm only human
And you'll need more than me
But you'll know to hit your knees
If I've done my job right
You'll know where to find

The Man who really hung the moon
Who really made the sky
Yeah the sun rises
And sets inside of His eyes
And it won't be long
Until He calls us home
And we'll all be running to
The Man that hung the moon
Oh yeah

No matter what
No matter where I am
Just know I love you
With all I am
Me and your Mama both