I'm a northern man in a rebel land I've been blessed with a damn good honky tonk band And I'll be comin' to a city near you soon No it just occurred to me I'll be hangin' my hat in Tennessee And this Idaho boy is all out of aces up his sleeve And I'm just tryin' to understand How a guy like me even has a chance So I'll trust my gut and stay true to who I am I'm just tryin' to hold on to nothin' while it means somethin' I might say it don't add up to a lot, but it's all I got I've been known to spend some time on a cranberry bark Where the ducks like to hide and the mountainside is where I clear my mind Big Sky's God's country and that is somethin' I believe in I suppose I'll be that way till the day that I die And I'm just tryin' to understand How a guy like me even has a chance So I'll trust my gut and stay true to who I am I'm just tryin' to hold on to nothin' while it means somethin' I might say it don't add up to a lot, but it's all I got And I'm just tryin' to understand How a guy like me even has a chance So I'll trust my gut and stay true to who I am I'm just tryin' to hold on to nothin' while it means somethin' I might say it don't add up to a lot, but it's all I got I'm just tryin' to understand How a guy like me even has a chance I'm just tryin' to understand How a guy like me even has a chance