Take me on up to Detroit city

Jails are full, the factories empty

Momma′s cryin', young boys dyin′Under that red, white, and blue still flyin'

Drop me off in Baltimore

Where every other window's got a plywood board

Where dreams become drugs and guns

The only way out is to shoot or run

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Take that one to number one, yeah

And get the whole world singing along, yeah

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Sing about the man coming back from war

23 going on 54

He lost a friend, his sight, his hands

Baby girl he′ll never see again

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Take that one to number one, yeah

And get the whole world singing along, man

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

I light the arrow, pull the bow

Shoot that fire right through my soul

Hit my pride, fist up high

I wanna feel the rush, I wanna feel alive

C′mon, I wanna pound the dash

Stomp the gas, drive too fast

Rock me hard, stop my heart

And blow the speakers right out of this car

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Take that one to number one, yeah (number one)

And get the whole world singing along, man

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Stick that in your country song

Take that one to number one

I could sing this all night long, yeah

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Gimme one about the teacher who's

Tryin′ to change a life or two

She'll be rocking out all night with you

Tomorrow she′ll back in a red brick school

Where kids are climbing off the walls

It's scary walkin′ down the hall

She's underpaid, she's overworked

Come on, man, shout one out to her

Stick that in your country song, c′mon

Take that one to number one, yeah

And get the whole world singing along

Stick that in your country song

Stick that in your country song

Take that one to number one (number one)

And get the whole world singing along, man

Stick that in your country song, yeah

Yeah (oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)

Stick that in your country song, yeah

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)

And get the whole world singing along (singing along)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)

Stick that in a country song, yeah

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)