It ain't about your hat and boots,
it ain't about your plane
Or which guitar that you play
It ain't about the radio,
it ain't about the interviews
Ain't about being pretty, fat, or skinny
Sure as hell ain't about your age
it'll hurt right along with you
Can't be faked, it can't be produced
It makes no promise of gold records,
But if you live through it,
you'll see it's about the pain
It's about loss, it's about divorce
It's about beer and whiskey,
It's about the rise, it's about the fall
Still getting back up every day
It's about the ride, it's about the pain
it'll hurt right along with you
It can't be fake, it can't be produced
It makes no promise of gold records,
But if you live through it,
you'll see it's about the man
It's about God, it's about the U .S .A.
it's about giving aid for aid
It's about you and it's about me
and it's about do ing whatever it takes
It's about life, it's about the pain
it'll hurt right along with you
Can't be baked, it can't be produced
It makes no promise of gold records,
But if you live through it,
you'll see it's about the pain
Yeah, I lived through it,
and it's all about the pain