[Verse 1]
Lake Guntersville mornings
bare feet on that dock
My brother by my side
and my baby sis rocked
Mama in the doorway
Daddy on the grind
We learned how to make it
with a little and a lotta time
Red clay on our shoes
catfish on the line
County roads and old songs
kept that home alive
I seen those long days
turn into good bones
From that water and them backroads
I found my first home
[Pre-Chorus]
And we was young
but we was strong
Held each other up
all year long
If the wind got wild
if the night got cold
Family was the fire
that kept us bold
[Chorus]
Guntersville raised me
Guntersville made me
My brother, my sis
my roots don't shake me
Mama kept us going
Daddy kept us steady
We was born to build
what we weren't ready
Guntersville raised me
Guntersville saved me
Lake wind in my lungs
and love that shaped me
[Verse 2]
Then the days got heavy
and the world got wide
Had to leave that shore
to make a new life
Packed up old picture
kept one for the road
Mama said, "Keep moving"
Daddy said, "Hold your soul"
I took that front porch
in my chest, in my mind
Every mile got me closer
to the next hard climb
Still I hear them laughing
when the night rolls in
Little brother, baby sister
that's where I begin
[Pre-Chorus]
And we was young
but we was strong
Held each other up
all year long
If the wind got wild
if the night got cold
Family was the fire
that kept us bold
[Chorus]
Guntersville raised me
Guntersville made me
My brother, my sis
my roots don't shake me
Mama kept us going
Daddy kept us steady
We was born to build
what we weren't ready
Guntersville raised me
Guntersville saved me
Lake wind in my lungs
and love that shaped me
[Bridge]
Now I carry that water
wherever I go
Old town in my heartbeat
real deep, real slow
Ain't a mile can erase
what that home gave me
From the first sunrise
to the day that raised me
[Chorus]
Guntersville raised me
Guntersville made me
My brother, my sis
my roots don't shake me
Mama kept us going
Daddy kept us steady
We was born to build
what we weren't ready
Guntersville raised me
Guntersville saved me
Lake wind in my lungs
and love that shaped me