I gotta thank a small town preacher

Makin' me a hymn singer

On the Sunday's mamma made me go

I gotta thank a high school teacher for believin' in a dreamer

And steering me down the road

I gotta thank my granddad for the Saturday's on the lake

Cookin' 'em and reelin' 'em in

I gotta thank the boys I raised all kind of hell with

Couldn't ask for better best friends

I gotta thank Earnhardt

Springsteen Luke Skywalker

For filling up my memory bank

I gotta thank JD Jim Beam Mr Anheuser

For a Friday night good time drink

I gotta thank mama and my daddy

For eighteen years then gasin' up the Chevrolet tank

No matter who you are

Everybody's got somebody to thank

I gotta thank an old coon dog

For licking my hand on days I was feeling alone

I gotta thank my old man's brother

For a tour in the jungle

Just to keep us all safe at home

I gotta thank a next door neighbor

For calling that number

That morning our house caught fire

I gotta thank a Midwest farmer

For a teenage summer

With a boy he didn't have to hire

I gotta thank Beau Luke Mellencamp

Joe Montana for filling up my memory bank

I gotta thank JD Jim Beam Mr Anheuser

For a Friday night good time drink

I gotta thank mama and my daddy

For eighteen years then gasin' up the Chevrolet tank

No matter who you are

Everybody's got somebody to thank

No I ain't forgot and I'll never forget

I gotta thank God for every day I've had

And every day I'll get

I gotta thank the love of my life

Every day and night

For filling up my memory bank

I gotta thank JD Jim Beam Mr Anheuser

For a Friday night good time drink

I gotta thank mama and my daddy

For eighteen years then gasin' up the Chevrolet tank

No matter who you are

Everybody's got somebody to thank

No matter who you are

Everybody's got somebody to thank