Where I Come From

There's a two-lane road outside of town Cuts through the fields where

I grew up

Old Ford parked behind the house Mama's coffee in a chipped-up cup

Daddy'd come home with his hands worn

down

From another ten-hour day He'd tip his hat,

crack a smile And ask us how our day had been

I learned early what matters Ain't always what you can buy

Sometimes it's a front porch conversation And somebody standing by your side

I'm from where the trucks roll down the backroads Where everybody knows

your name Where you hold the door for a stranger And you

show up when somebody needs a hand Where Friday night means football

And Sunday morning means church Where you learn to love what you've

got Before you learn what it's worth Yeah,

I ain't saying it's perfect But I wouldn't trade it for the

world That's where I come from That's what made me who I

am

(who I am)

There's a ball field past the railroad Where we spent most of

our summers

Chasing dreams beneath those lights With a few of my best friends

We'd sit out on the tailgate

Talking 'bout the life we'd lead

Back then we thought we had forever Didn't know how fast it'd

leave

Now some of us went chasing Some of us stayed behind But

every road I ever took Still leads me back in my mind

And if someday these headlights Take me farther than I planned I'll

carry that little town with me

Like a picture in my hand You can change your name You

can change your plans You can leave that dirt behind But you

can't outrun the place That put a piece of itself inside your

heart

I'm from where the trucks roll down the backroads Where the stars

still fill the sky

Where a handshake means something And you don't leave your people behind

Where Friday night means football And Sunday morning means church Where you

learn to love what you've got Before you learn what it's worth

Yeah, I ain't saying it's perfect

But I'd go back there tomorrow If I could turn around and

do it all again That's where I come from That's where I'll

always be

That's what made me who I am

Yeah, that's where I come from

That's where my story began And no matter how far

these wheels take me

I'll always be that hometown man