What Doesn’t Kill You

For all my clock in, clock out, night shift, dog-tired people Working overtime For all my sun up, sun down, take the tractor 'nother round praying That the grain goes high When it rains we make it pour on a barstool, on a back porch When it's gone, we gonna get a little more What doesn't kill you makes your drinks stronger And stronger drinks make you feel like you're feeling alright The hard stuff will make your buzz longer The longer buzz will keep you lit like a neon light Oh, when life knocks you down Knock 'em back and pour 'em taller What doesn't kill you What doesn't kill you makes your drinks stronger She was a 12 out a ten, she could break a neck walking in My ride or die until the end, my little country queen When she left, she left a scar and sent me straight into the bar Said, you can take it from me What doesn't kill you makes your drinks stronger And stronger drinks make you feel like you're feeling alright The hard stuff will make your buzz longer The longer buzz will keep you lit like a neon light Oh, when life knocks you down Knock 'em back and pour 'em taller What doesn't kill you What doesn't kill you makes your drinks stronger Sometimes the cure from the blues is a bar crowd Sometimes the only way through is to throw down And that's the ice-cold truth, just drink a mile in my boots I'm a living proof What doesn't kill you makes your drinks stronger And stronger drinks make you feel like you're feeling alright The hard stuff will make your buzz longer And longer buzz will keep you lit like a neon light Oh, when life knocks you down Knock 'em back and pour 'em taller (our 'em taller) What doesn't kill you What doesn't kill you makes your drink stronger Pour 'em strong, son