A Few Rare Men - Made in America

I guess everyone knows that songs can be downloaded to ones cell phone as "ring tones" and "ring backs".  My family hasn't gotten real crazy with this latest fad, but both Matt and I have downloaded our favorite song as a "ring back" which allows someone to listen to music while waiting for us to answer our phones.  Matt has also downloaded a few songs as "ring tones".  He likes to pick a song that makes him think of the person that would be calling him. For instance, he has picked out a song for me, one for his dad, and maybe one for another friend or two.

When I heard the song Matt picked for his dad, it really warmed my heart. It's exactly who his daddy is....I really, really like the words of this song.  I like it even more that it makes my son think of his dad.  It makes me think of my dad, too.

Toby Keith, I'm sure, wrote this song for his own daddy; but once again Toby hit hearts directly and personally with words that are nothing short of patriotic poetry and pure truth about a few men that are becoming more and more rare, it seems:

Made in America

Written by: Toby Keith, Bobby Pinson & Gregory Scott Reeves

My old man’s that old man
Spent his life livin’ off the land
Dirty hands and a clean soul
It breaks his heart seein’ foreign cars
Filled with fuel that isn’t ours
And wearin’ cotton, we didn’t grow.

He’s got the red, white, blue
Flyin’ high on the farm
Semper fi tattooed on his left arm
Spends a little more in the store for a tag
In the back that says “USA”
He won’t buy nothin’ that he can’t fix
With WD-40 and a Craftsman wrench
He ain’t prejudice, he’s just
Made in America.

He loves his wife; she’s that wife
That decorates on the 4th of July
But says, “Every day is Independence Day”
She’s golden rule, teaches school
Some folks say it isn’t cool
But she says the “Pledge of Allegiance” any way.

He’s got the red, white, blue
Flyin’ high on the farm
Semper fi tattooed on his left arm
Spend a little more in the store for a tag
In the back that says “USA”
He won’t buy nothin’ that he can’t fix
With WD-40 and a Craftsman wrench
He ain’t prejudice, he’s just
Made in America.

Born in the heartland
Raised up a family
On King James and Uncle Sam

He’s got the red, white, blue
Flyin’ high on the farm
Semper fi tattooed on his left arm
Spend a little more in the store for a tag
In the back that says “USA”
He won’t buy nothin’ that he can’t fix
With WD-40 and a Craftsman wrench
He ain’t prejudice, he’s just
Made in America

Made in America
Made in America
Yeah, my old man’s that old man
Made in America

Yep! I like it. Ha!  My son's made in America, too - "raised on King James and Uncle Sam."
I'm hoping for no tattoes, though!  ;-)

Official Video here, and well worth a look!