Looking Down Proud

I swear it doesn't seem that long to me

Mama wiping that dust off my blue jeans

I was bleeding on the saddle of an old red roan

'Cause Granddad knew I had to get back on

Well, time goes fast when you hit 21

Learned a couple hard lessons that you might've kept me from

Like a heartbroke drunk shouldn't take that drive

And you find new lows when you're always high

There's a whisper in the whiskey helping me to put it down

There's a hymn you sang for all the things that I ain't figured out

If I could be just half the man you were, I'll get where you are now

And if you see me from your castle in the clouds

I hope you're looking down proud

Something crazy happened two years ago

Got a "yes" from a girl that I wish you could've known

Had dirty blonde curls under her halo

I haven't cried like that since you went home

There's a whisper in the whiskey helping me to put it down

There's a hymn you sang for all the things that I ain't figured out

If I could be just half the man you were, I'll get where you are now

And if you see me from your castle in the clouds

I hope you're looking down proud

There's a whisper in the whiskey helping me to put it down

There's a hymn you sang for all the things that I ain't figured out

If I could be just half the man you were, I'll get where you are now

By the time they lay me six feet in the ground

We'll be singing in the garden in the clouds

While they're looking down proud