i learned how to write it when i first started school,
some bully didn't like it, he said it didn't sound to cool,
so i had to hit him and all i said when the blood came,
it's my last name

grandpa took of to europe to fight the germans in the war,
it came back on some dogtags nobody wears no more,
it's written on a headstone in the field where he was slain,
it's my last name

passed down from generations too far back to trace,
i can see all my relations when i look into my face,
may never make it famous but i'll never bring it shame,
it's my last name

daddy always told me far back as i recall,
son, your part of somethin', you represent us all,
so keep it how you got it , as solid as it came,
it's my last name

passed down from generations too far back to trace,
i can see all my relations when i look into my face,
may never make it famous but i'll never bring it shame,
it's my last name

so darlin' if you're wonderin' why i've got you her tonight,
i wanna be your husband, i want you to be my wife,
i ain't got much to give but what i got means everything,
it's my last name, oh, it's my last name

i learned how to write it when i first started school