Well I was born out west on Prairie soil
A couple hundred miles south of the land of the oil
I was playin' tunes as soon as I could stand on my own two feet
And at the age of 6, on a summer's day
My papa took me to see Willie play
And that's when I knew it was the country life for me
I learned a little fiddle & a little guitar
But the strings & the wood, they never brought me far
I needed somethin' more that could really make a big tune slap
Well the chicken dance man said "sit on this stool"
My legs, they got to shakin' & I started to drool
That was the day that the drums & cymbals fell into my lap
Well they call me Big Slaps
I got a kick & a snare & a set of hi-hats
Honky tonkin' as much as a prairie boy can
Slappin' harder than Bam Bam Bigelow
Doin' 105 on the open road
If you need those skins slapped hard
Honey I'm your man
Well I like Johnny, Dwight & Merle & I love Corb Lund
Hank, Hank Jr., Dolly, Brooks & Dunn
I was raised on the greatest hits of Stompin' Tom
So crank the George Jones & the Riders in the Sky
A little bit of Joe Diffie & some Charlie Pride
But when the jukebox gets shut down
That's when I'll be gone
Cut ahead a couple years, now I'm livin' out east
Keep my liver in check & my arteries greased
But I need that honky tonk juice to keep my life in line
So every time I'm about to have a fit
Yeaton calls me up, he says "grab your kit!
We're goin' down to the fuckin' gig to have ourselves a time"
Well they call me Big Slaps
I got a kick & a snare & a set of hi-hats
Honky tonkin' as much as a prairie boy can
Slappin' harder than Bam Bam Bigelow
Doin' 105 on the open road
If you need those skins slapped hard
Honey I'm your man
Well they call me Big Slaps
I got a kick & a snare & a set of hi-hats
Honky tonkin' as much as a prairie boy can
Slappin' harder than Bam Bam Bigelow
Doin' 105 on the open road
If you need those skins slapped hard
Honey I'm your man
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