my great grandmas name was selma drye everybody tells me i got her hazel eyes it turn carolina blue when i cry and thats alright with me she kept a 38 special and a can of snuff in the pocket of her rip incase something came up she grew up ragged and she grew up rough the way she had been i know so much shed be proud of me cause im the only apple on the tree that didnt hit the ground and sit down in the mud but shes up in heaven raising hell and if i can stand up by myself its cause her gunpowders running through my blood and when i die put me in the ground beside selma drye folks round town they said she was neat but never saw the woman ive seen never even touched a washing machine and hung everything on the line kept the peaches and her money in a can and jar never owned a tv or drove a car that stuff dont make you what you are she used to say that all the time i know so much shed be proud of me cause im the only apple on the tree that didnt hit the ground and sit down in the mud but shes up in heaven raising hell and if i can stand up by myself its cause her gunpowders running through my blood and when i die put me in the ground beside selma drye i still got her words of wisdom playing in my head and her old beat up bibles on my night stand by my bed  i know so much shed be proud of me cause im the only apple on the tree that didnt hit the ground and sit down in the mud but shes up in heaven raising hell and if i can stand up by myself its cause her gunpowders running through my blood and when i die put me in the ground beside when i die just put me in the ground beside selma drye selma drye