First time I heard
"good heared woman"
I was in my dadd's car
He said, "Son, that's what I call music
Listn to them guitars
Turn it up
Go on, turn it up."

He said, "Forget that crap you're listenin' to
These songs, they got some meat."
I don't think I heard a single word
I was caught up in the beat

Turn it up
Yeah, turn it way up."

It was wild guitars
It was loud and hard
Some hillbilly rock 'n' roll
It was somethin' new
Breakin' all the rules
I could feel it down in my soul
Waylon, and Willie playin'
Chet and Cash takin' the country back
Yeah, times were tough and it was hard to find a job
But '79 was a good year for the outlaw
It was somethin' like five years late
I finally got my license to drive
I was huggin' the curb the first time I heard
"A Country Boy Can Survive."
I turned it up
Yeah, I turned it way up

It was wild guitars
It was loud and hard
Some hillbilly rock 'n' roll
It was somethin' new
Breakin' all the rules
You could feel it down in your soul
He was the son of the original son of a gun
Takin' the country back
The economy was the worse you ever saw
But '85 was a good year for the outlaw

Somewhere in some honkey tonk
You don't even know his name
Some young upstart just startin' out
And he's wantin' to make a change
Yellin', turn it up
Come on, boys!
Turn it up
Give me loud guitars
Playin' loud and hard a little hillbilly rock 'n' roll
Make it somethin' new
Breakin' all the rules
I wanna feel it down in my soul
Let's grow our hair way down to there
Start tain' the country back
I just want to sing a song that gets me off
This might be a good year for the outlaw

I just want to sing a song that gets me off
Well, this might be a good year for the outlaw