Against The Grain

Album: Ropin' The Wind (1991)
  • Folks call me a maverick
    Guess I ain't too diplomatic
    I just never been the kind to go along
    Just avoidin' confrontation
    For the sake of conformation

    And I'll admit I tend to sing a different song
    But sometimes you just can't be afraid
    To wear a different hat
    If Columbus had complied
    This old world might still be flat

    Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained
    Sometimes you've got to go against the grain
    Well, I have been accused
    Of makin' my own rules
    There must be rebel blood
    Just a-runnin' through my veins
    But I ain't no hypocrite
    What you see is what you get
    And that's the only way I know
    To play the game
    Old Noah took much ridicule
    For building his great ark
    But after forty days and forty nights
    He was lookin' pretty smart
    Sometimes it's best to brave the wind and rain
    By havin' strength to go against the grain
    Well, there's more folks than a few
    Who share my point of view
    But they're worried
    If they're gonna sink or swim
    They'd like to buck the system
    But the deck is tacked against 'em
    And they're a little scared
    To go out on a limb
    But if you're gonna leave your mark
    You can't follow like a bunch of sheep
    You got to listen to your heart
    Go bustin' in like old John Wayne
    Sometimes you got to go against the grain
    Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained
    Sometimes you've got to go against the grain Writer/s: BRUCE C. BOUTON, CARL E. JACKSON, LARRY E. CORDLE
    Publisher: SLIDE BAR MUSIC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Aldor from PennsylvaniaI remember a radio station playing this as the theme song to one of their feature segments, but I can't remember which one.
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