[Verse 1]
I was born on the edge of a busted town
Where the porch lights flicker and the law don’t come around
Mama raised a fighter with a Bible and a switch
Daddy left a bottle and a don’t-give-a-shit
I learned to cuss before I learned to pray
Skipped the silver spoon, took the long damn way
Got scars like stories, and a smirk that sticks
Middle finger up in all my baby pics
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[Chorus]
I was raised on whiskey and warnings
Burnin’ daylight and breakin’ the morning
Every bruise, every shot, every sin
Made me the man that I’m livin’ in
I ain’t clean, but I ain’t ashamed
Just a hell-bound boy with a rebel name
I don’t need no saving grace
I was raised on whiskey and warnings — and I still love the taste
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[Verse 2]
Learned to fight on gravel and make out in cornfields
Backseat love with the windows fogged and no guilt
Taught to run when the lights flash red and blue
And lie straight-faced like the good boys do
Mama cried when I packed that bag
Said “The world’s full of devils in a preacher’s drag”
But I got boots and I got flame
And I’ll burn this life in my daddy’s name
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[Chorus]
I was raised on whiskey and warnings
Where the saints are gone and the nights get stormy
Every bruise, every lie, every grin
Carved into the leather of the life I’m in
I ain’t right, but I sure as hell ride
Like a shotgun dream with a darker side
I ain’t askin’ for no parade
I was raised on whiskey and warnings — and I ain’t ever gonna change
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[Bridge – Spoken/whispered growl or clean vocal drop]
Tell me I’m reckless, say I’m too far gone
But I’m the song you hum when your halo’s gone
I ain’t perfect, hell, I’m barely tame
But I own every ghost that wears my name
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[Final Chorus – BIGGER]
Yeah, I was raised on whiskey and warnings
Raised on red dirt scars and storm winds forming
Every fight, every fire, every sin
Etched in the skin that I’m livin’ in
I ain’t scared of fallin’ or flame
I’ll go out how I came — unchained
Let ‘em write it on my grave:
“He was raised on whiskey and warnings — and never once behaved.”
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