Artist: Garth Brooks

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Against The Grain

Folks call me a maverick
Guess i ain't too diplomatic
I just never been the kind to go along
Just avoidin' confrontation
For the sake of conformation
And i'll admit i tend to sing a different song
But sometimes you just can't be afraid
To wear a different hat
If columbus had complied
This old world might still be flat
Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained
Sometimes you've got to go against the grain

Well, i have been accused
Of makin' my own rules
There must be rebel blood
Just a-runnin' through my veins
But i ain't no hypocrite
What you see is what you get
And that's the only way i know
To play the game
Old noah took much ridicule
For building his great ark
But after forty days and forty nights

He was lookin' pretty smart
Sometimes it's best to brave the wind and rain
By havin' strength to go against the grain

Well, there's more folks than a few
Who share my point of view
But they're worried
If they're gonna sink or swim
They'd like to buck the system
But the deck is tacked against 'em
And they're a little scared
To go out on a limb
But if you're gonna make a difference,
If you're gonna leave your mark.
You can't follow like a bunch of sheep
You got to listen to your heart
Go bustin' in like old john wayne
Sometimes you got to go against the grain

Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained
Sometimes you've got to go against the grain

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
2. A Friend To Me
3. Against The Grain
4. Ain’t Goin’ Down (’Til The Sun Comes Up)
5. Ain’t Going Down (’Til The Sun Comes Up)
6. Ain’t Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)
7. Alabama Clay
8. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
9. Anonymous
10. Baby Jesus Is Born
11. Beer Run
12. Beer Run (b Double E Double Are You In?)
13. Beer Run (B-double E-double Are You In)
14. Belleau Wood
15. Big Money
16. Callin’ Baton Rouge
17. Changes
18. Cowboy Bill
19. Cowboy Cadillac
20. Cowboys and Angels
21. Do What You Gotta Do
22. Don’t Cross The River
23. Dr. Pepper
24. Every Now And Then
25. Everything That I Never Had
26. Everytime That It Rains
27. Face To Face
28. Fit For A King
29. Friends in Low Places
30. Friends In Low Places (Long Version)
31. How You Ever Gonna Know
32. I Don’t Have To Wonder
33. I Know One
34. I’ve Got A Good Thing Going
35. If Tomorrow Never Comes
36. Ireland
37. It’s Midnight Cinderella
38. Let It Snow
39. Long Neck Bottle
40. Make You Feel My Love
41. Mr. Blue
42. Much Too Young
43. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
44. Much Too Young (Too Feel This Damn Old)
45. New Way to Fly
46. Nobody Gets Off In This Town
47. Not Counting You
48. One Night A Day
49. Papa Loved Mama
50. Rodeo
51. Rollin’
52. Same Old Story
53. Shameless
54. She’s Every Woman
55. She’s Gonna Make It
56. SOMETHING WITH A RING TO IT
57. Somewhere Other Than The Night
58. Standing Outside The Fire
59. Take The Keys To My Heart
60. That Ol’ Wind
61. That Summer
62. The Beaches of Cheyenne
63. The Change
64. The Dance
65. The Fever
66. The Night Will Only Know
67. The Old Stuff
68. The River
69. The Thunder Rolls
70. Thicker Than Blood
71. This Ain’t Tennessee
72. Two Of A Kind Workin’ On A Full Horse
73. Two Of A Kind, Workin’ On A Full House
74. Two Pina Coladas
75. Unanswered Prayers
76. Victim of the Game
77. We Shall Be Free
78. What She’s Doing Now
79. When There’s No One Around
80. When You Come Back To Me Again
81. Why Ain’t I Running
82. Wild As The Wind
83. Wild Horses
84. Winter Wonderland
85. Wolves
86. You Move Me