I'm Glad Lyrics - Dean Strickland

I'm glad if you're happy to see me 

But I don't care if you're not 

To those who don't believe my story 

That walkin' hundreds of miles to here's how I got 

To be here in Texarkana 

And play my music on this here stage 

Or that I got my edumacation 

From some of the best schools in the USA 

Or maybe you don't like my music 

That I write so simple and basic 

Or you wish I'd play more rock n country 

Or whatever you call that shit 

Spoken: 

These here words were inspired by a newspaper editor I called asking for a story while hitchhiking around the state to my gigs. 

I told him I had recently made my way back to Texas from LA, and that soon I'd be walkin' my way to Texarkana to play. 

The man told me that after thorough research he didn't believe my story, or that I was even educated at all. 

Well, I found out he didn't do the research he said he had, and soon after that I wrote this here song. 

I'm glad if you're happy to see me 

But I don't care if you're not 

To those who don't believe my story 

That walkin' hundreds of miles to here's how I got 

To be here in Texarkana 

And play my music on this here stage 

Or that I got my edumacation 

From some of the best schools in the USA 

Or maybe you don't like my music 

That I write so simple and basic 

Or you wish I'd play more rock n country 

Or whatever you call that shit 

I'm glad if you're happy to see me 

But I don't care if you're not