we'd like to dedicate this next song to our troops and to their families no matter where they are tonight may god bless each and every one of them amen we don't have no plastic la friends ain't on the edge of no popular trend ain't never seen the inside of that magazine gq we don't care if you're a lawyer or texas old man some waitress bus and ask some liquor stand if you got soul we hang out with people just like you my hair's turning white my neck's always been red my collar's still blue we've always been here just trying to sing the truth to you guess you could say we've always been red white and blue blues smoking camels and drinking domestic brews if you want to know where i've been just look at my yeah i'm tripping by the white house spent some time in jail mama cried but she still wouldn't pay my bill i ain't been no angel but even god he understands my hair's turning white my neck's always been red my collar's still blue we've always been here just trying to sing the truth to you guess you could say we've always been red white and blue yeah that's right so my daddy worked hard so have i paid our taxes and gave our lives to serve this great country what are they complaining about yeah we love our families we love our kids you know it's love that makes us all so rich that's where we're at if they don't like it they can just get the hell out yeah my hair's turning white my neck's always been red my collar's still blue we've always been here just trying to sing the truth to you oh my hair's turning white my neck's always been red my collar's still blue we've always been here just trying to sing the truth to you yes you could say we've always been white and blue red white and blue oh red white and blue shut it down don't stand up and let her skin it but stand up for our troops and their families how about that god bless america