Angry White Male

by Steven Travers

“Folk call me a maverick

  Guess I ain't too diplomatic

  I just never been the kind to go along

  Just avoidin' confrontation

  For the sake of confirmation

  And I'll admit I tend to sing a different song

  But sometimes you just can't be afraid

  To wear a different hat

  If Columbus had complied

  This old world might still be flat

  Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained

  Sometimes you've got to go against the grain

  Well, I have been accused

  Of makin' my own rules

  There must be rebel blood

  Just a-runnin' through my veins

  But I ain't no hypocrite

  What you see is what you get

  And that's the only way I know

  To play the game

  Old Noah took much ridicule

  For building his great ark

  But after forty days and forty nights

  He was lookin' pretty smart

  Sometimes it's best to brave the wind and rain

  By havin' strength to go against the grain

  Well, there's more folks than a few

  Who share my point of view

  But they're worried

  If they're gonna sink or swim

  They'd like to buck the system

  But the deck is tacked against 'em

  And they're a little scared

  To go out on a limb

  But if you're gonna leave your mark

  You can't follow like a bunch of sheep

  You got to listen to your heart

  Go bustin' in like old John Wayne

  Sometimes you got to go against the grain

  Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained

  Sometimes you've got to go against the grain”

  --"AGAINST THE GRAIN”

  By GARTH BROOKS