[Verse 1]
Somebody's gotta beat the sunrise up
To throw somebody's trash in the back of a truck
Somebody's gotta paint white lines on the interstate (Ah)
Yeah, somebody's gotta drive the bus around town
Somebody's gotta drive fence posts in the ground
Somebody's gotta put on a tie and run the USA, but hey

[Chorus]
Somebody's gotta keep it red 'round here
Hold it down, down here
Pump a county line sign full of lead 'round here, yeah
Crank some Hank on the bank, throw some bait on a limb line, hangin' on a tree
Yeah, I've been thinking somеbody's gotta keep it red 'round here
Might as wеll be me

[Verse 2]
Yeah, somebody's gotta put in the time all fall
To hang a half a paycheck rack on the wall
That you tracked down and hauled around town all day
Yeah, somebody's gotta keep a tractor in the barn
Dog on the porch, a car in the yard, yeah
Everybody's got their thing but all I'm tryin' to say
All I'm tryin' to say

[Chorus]
Somebody's gotta keep it red 'round here
Hold it down, down here
Pump a county line sign full of lead 'round here, yeah
Crank some Hank on the bank, throw some bait on a limb line, hangin' on a tree
Yeah, I've been thinking somebody's gotta keep it red 'round here
Might as well be me
[Bridge]
From Mobile to Philly, hell, even LA
I'll bet there's some necks with a certain kind of shade
Thinkin' the same damn thing

[Chorus]
Somebody's gotta keep it red 'round here
Hold it down, down here
Pump a county line sign full of lead 'round here, yeah
Crank some Hank on the bank, throw some bait on a limb line, hangin' on a tree
Yeah, I've been thinking somebody's gotta keep it red 'round here
Might as well be me