It goes bam bam on the door
Look, the beast's awake again
Suddenly everything's different
They camp outside the halls and ask for autographs
Now they scream my name
Passing out while they do
Fainting before we've even started
I come from a redneck town
They love NASCAR there like Chevy, Ford
Where cousin Bob cooks his batches in a meth lab
Alone with a tape recorder there in a kid's room
Raised on Peter Tosh, Dylan and Lynyrd Skynyrd
Always summer, never winter, sand as red as skin
Chirping crickets ring out, mosquitoes as big as a fist
City of Mardi Gras, land of every drum liner
Coo coo like voodoo, damn hot like the jambalaya
Hallelujah, halle-hallelujah
Finally it's time again
A few wanted to try, tried to copy him
But now it's finally time—
He may, he may, he may
Do what he wants, do what he wants
So tall he can touch the sky
So cheers, it'll never be like before again
He may, he may, he may
Do what he wants, do what he wants
So tall he can touch the sky
So cheers, it'll never be like before again
Everybody after him can leave now
First came the copy, then the copy of the copy
Diary poetry, cheap-sounding melodies
Everybody wants to be like my team but sadly don't know how
Come with the Boom Boom Band behind me
Like fans at the railing sweating to the end
Hours of handshakes, kisses for Mister Griffey
Came from Atlanta, Alabama to the swamps of Mississippi
Yo with buckshot in the shotguns, drunk shooting at beer cans
Bit my way up from the bottom like a crocodile jaw
Yo, from trailer park to scene star, think every year
How damn long, but look, we're finally here!
Hallelujah, halle-hallelujah
Finally it's time again
A few wanted to try, tried to copy him
But now it's finally time
He may, he may, he may
Do what he wants, do what he wants
So tall he can touch the sky
So cheers, it'll never be like before again
He may, he may, he may
Do what he wants, do what he wants
So tall he can touch the sky
So cheers, it'll never be like before again
He may, he may, he may
Do what he wants, do what he wants
So tall he can touch the sky
So cheers, it'll never be like before again
He may, he may, he may
Do what he wants, do what he wants
So tall he can touch the sky
So cheers, it'll never be like before again