“I Lived It” was the third song from Texoma Shore to be released (after its lead single, “I’ll Name the Dogs,” and “At the House”), having an early digital release on October 31, 2017, three days before the album came out. Shelton performed the song live for the first time that same day, on NBC’s TO...
[Verse 1]
Daddy drove the wheels off a flatbed Ford
Flies found a hole in the old screen door
Granny said the dress that my sister wore
To church wasn't long enough
Mama poured grease in a Crisco can
Put a hundred thousand miles on a Sears box fan
Uncle Joe put tobacco on my hand
Where them yellow jackets torn me up
And I ain't making this up
[Chorus]
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy in a different language
You might not understand
Oh, that's alright, that's just the kind of life
That made me who I am
Just taking my mind on a visit, back in time 'cause I miss it
You wouldn't know to love it like I love it
Unless you lived it and man, I lived it
[Verse 2]
Granddaddy smoked Salems with the windows up
Drove me around in the back of that truck
We drank from the hose and spit in the cup
We all survived somehow
Them ol' Duke boys were flattening the hills
Hollywood was fake, wrestling was real
Wouldn't dream of spending that two dollar bill
From pushing a lawn mower around
I'd go back there right now
[Chorus]
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy in a different language
You might not understand
Oh, that's alright, that's just the kind of life
That made me who I am
Just taking my mind on a visit, back in time 'cause I miss it
You wouldn't know to love it like I love it
Unless you lived it and man, I lived it
Oh man, I lived it
[Chorus]
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy in a different language
You might not understand
Oh, that's alright, that's just the kind of life
That made me who I am
Just taking my mind on a visit, back in time 'cause I miss it
You wouldn't know to love it like I love it
Unless you lived it and man, I lived it
Oh man, I lived it
I Lived It was written by Ashley Gorley & Ben Hayslip & Rhett Akins & Ross Copperman.
I Lived It was produced by Scott Hendricks.
Blake Shelton released I Lived It on Fri Nov 03 2017.
No, this is an original song.
Not literally. He knows it’s likely most people won’t understand the stories he’s telling because they’ve never experienced anything similar, so he might as well be speaking in a foreign language because they won’t really get what he’s talking about either way.