picture of me

i grew up on the edge of a cornfield

at the end of a long dirt road

carolina plow boy

ain't had a free summer since i was ten years old

mama made us pick our own switches

so we could feel the sting of doin' wrong

that set me straight on the road i'm still on

i am who i am

the product of a good woman loved by a real good man

i've learned what i've learned

by findin' the right way in all of my wrong turns

i love what i love

i ain't afraid to say it 'cause i'm damn sure man enough

that's what you need to see to get a picture of me

i grew up on gospel 'cause that's all my daddy'd listen to

i found my soul in rock and roll

when me and my first guitar were introduced

truth is i've only loved one woman

and she'd have stayed

but i made her leave

she's still hauntin' me in every song i sing

i am who i am

the product of a woman still loved by a stubborn man

i've learned what i've learned

by findin' the right way in all of my wrong turns

i love what i love

i ain't afraid to say it 'cause i'm damn sure man enough

that's what you need to see to get a picture of me

like me or leave me

either way you know it the second you shake my hand

i'm a long way from jesus

but i know he knows i'm doin' the best i can

i am who i am

the product of the good lord lovin' a sinful man

i've learned what i've learned

by findin' the right way in all of my wrong turns

i love what i love

i ain't afraid to say it 'cause i'm damn sure man enough

that's what you need to see

that's what you need to see to get a picture of me