Bootstraps

[Verse 1]
They say "Pull yourself up by 'em" but that's kinda hard to do
When you can't afford to buy 'em you make do without those boots
He didn't leave it in the Lord's hands to make something of himself
Just another bluegrass orphan with a restless soul to sell

[Chorus]
He didn't choose that hard road he was walking
But he knew that it was his road just the same
Climbed from have-not up to have-it
Drove that corn mash in the wagon
Pulled his life up on the back of his bootlegging bootstraps

[Verse 2]
He had hands as rough as leather and an empire to build
Never buckled under pressure like that hidden copper still
It was all uphill

[Chorus]
He didn't choose that hard road he was walking
But he knew that it was his road just the same
Climbed from have-not up to have-it
Drove that corn mash in the wagon
Pulled his life up on the back of his bootlegging bootstraps

[Bridge]
Went out those humble beginnings things might've looked different
Went rags into riches with that whiskey business
Dug his wheels in hundred proof
Longer miles make better views

[Chorus]
He didn't choose that hard road he was walking
But he knew that it was his road just the same
Climbed from have-not up to have-it
Drove that corn mash in the wagon
Pulled his life up on the back of his bootlegging bootstraps
His bootstraps
His bootlegging bootstraps
Oh, his bootlegging bootstraps
His bootlegging bootstraps