I was born in the dust bowl A land of twister and tumbleweeds You can drive for forty miles and never see a single tree Eighty days with no rain in sight You can smell the feed lot if the wind s just right If you wanna know who I am Just look where I'm from I'm just a panhandle poorboy Forth generation born and bred That old West Texas dust is in my blood It's where they'll lay me when I'm dead It's just a rough and rugged land but it made me who I am No matter where this life takes me I know I'll always be just a panhandle poorboy It's always boom or bust, either drought or flood One day your choking on dust The next day your knee deep in mud Barb wire and windmills reign Around here they're still the king Somethings never change Including me I'm just a panhandle poorboy Forth generation born and bred That old West Texas dust is in my blood It's where they'll lay me when I'm dead It's just a rough and rugged land but it made me who I am No matter where this life takes me I know I'll always be just a panhandle poorboy I'm just a panhandle poorboy Forth generation born and bred That old West Texas dust is in my blood It's where they'll lay me when I'm dead It's just a rough and rugged land but it made me who I am No matter where this life takes me I know I'll always be just a panhandle poorboy I'm just a panhandle poorboy Forth generation born and bred That old West Texas dust is in my blood It's where they'll lay me when I'm dead It's just a rough and rugged land but it made me who I am No matter where this life takes me I know I'll always be just a panhandle poorboy A panhandle poorboy