He'll never wear a business suit

Cowboy hats and bull hide boots just suit him fine

See that buckle shine



He won it at a rodeo

On a horse named Desperado

And he won the ride by he broke his back

Hit so hard he heard it crack

No more rodeo



But you can't keep a good man down

A line of western wear uptown heard of his fame

And they bought his name



Now he looks down from a suite

At the silver limo parked out on the street

And he's not just a face in a martini crowd

He drinks long neck Bud and gets a little loud

The man's back on his feet



He's an uptown down-home good ol' boy

In a business world so fast

On a horse of a different color

But he'll hang on 'til the last

He's still the local hero

He's the hometown pride and joy

He's an uptown down-home good ol' boy



A woman loved him through it all

Through his rowdy days and his hardest fall when he almost died

She stayed by his side



She's still right there today

He wouldn't have it any other way

And he never did get too proud

To hang out with the same old crowd

We're proud to say



He's an uptown down-home good ol' boy

In a business world so fast

Oh but it's a different saddle

Than he once rode in the past

Well he's still the local hero

He's the hometown pride and joy

He's an uptown down-home good ol' boy

He's an uptown down-home good ol' boy




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