JJ Lawhorn Songs - Good Ol' Boys Like Us Lyrics

JJ Lawhorn - Good Ol' Boys Like Us

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Album: Original Good Ol' Boy
Released: 2013

Good Ol' Boys Like Us Lyrics

Sittin' on the toolbox
In this short bed Chevrolet
I come out here to the county line
When I need some time to think

And lately I've been thinking
'Bout a boy I used to know
He was taken from this world
At twenty-one years old

When I look up at that photograph
See the smile there on his face
Well man it sure is hard to grasp
But I know he's in a better place

[Chorus]
'Cause God's got a spot in heaven
For Good Ol' Boys Like Us
Yea he knows wings just ain't our thing
So up there they drive pick up trucks

And as we speak they're probably
Spending tires and slinging mud
Yea God's got a place
Yea God's got a place
For good ol' boys like us

You ever get the feelin'
That they still hang around
Yea you can almost feel them
Though their no where to be found

Some people tell me son
It's all in your head
But I say hey it's just their way
Of watching over us my friend

Well life goes on when we lose someone
'Cause it ain't our time yet
But country folks just ain't the kind
Of people to forget

That god's got a spot in heaven
For good ol' boys like us
Yea he knows wings just ain't our thing
So up there they drive pick up trucks

And as we speak they're probably
Spinnin' tires and slinging mud
Yea God's got a place
Yea God's got a place
For good ol' boys like us

Ohhh yeaa, for good ol' boys like us

When I climb up off that toolbox
And slide up in the seat
I thank god for taking care of my buddy
Until the next time we meet

God's got a spot in heaven
For good ol' boys like us
Yea they've always got our backs
From somewhere up above

Because a country boy always looks out
For the ones that he loves
Yea god's got a place
Hey god's got a place
Yea god's got a place
For good ol' boys like us

Oh yea, for good ol' boys like us

Writer/s: Lawhorn, Jonathan Wayne
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Good Ol' Boys Like Us

Discovered in the spring of 2010 on YouTube by noted producer Jeremy Stover, JJ Lawhorn signed with Average Joes Entertainment in 2011 and released his debut album, Original Good Ol' Boy two years later. This is the second single to be released from the set. It was made available on iTunes on February 18, 2014.

This self-penned song stresses the value of never-ending friendships and was the result of a tragic event that hit close to home for the rural Virginian. "'Good Ol' Boys Like Us' is a true story inspired by the passing of a friend that devastated my hometown community a few years back," Lawhorn explained.

Four months after the release of the Original Good Ol' Boy album in July 2013, a good friend of Lawhorn's died in a motorcycle accident. "While it has always been special to me, the tune took on a new meaning after my best friend and former drummer died in a tragic motorcycle accident two months ago," Lawhorn said when announcing the song's single release. "There isn't another song that I've ever written that is closer to my heart. Its message is one of hope; a reminder that we are never alone even after our loved ones are gone."

Lawhorn was inspired to write the song after seeing how everybody came together to celebrate his friend's life after he'd passed away. "I wanted to write something that inspired people just to think about, hey, even though this person's gone, they're still with us," he told The Boot . "They're still watching over us. They're like guardian angels."

Lawhorn knew that the video for the song needed a special approach. "I just told [the record company], 'I'm gonna go shoot this video in my hometown, and I'm gonna go to the places that we used to go, and I'm gonna film things that we used to see and do.' Me and the producer talked for a long time about just trying to make everything as authentic as possible," he said.

"It's freaky to me to watch it, because I've actually got my best friend's little brother playing him as a kid, and his little buddy playing me as a kid," Lawhorn added. "Throughout the video, you see these kids running around shooting BB guns and whatever, just doing all these different things, carving stuff out of trees — things that we used to do, and it shows me remembering it all."