It's been a long time coming, but I'm going back to my roots Born and raised in southern Oregon, dirt poor with nothing to lose I learned about faith and working hard It saved my life, that dairy farm Now everywhere I go, I take you with me in my heart, oh I grew up in a place nobody ever heard of We didn't have much, but we always had each other My roots run deep, and nothing's gonna change me Bonanza, you're in my blood This town built me from the ground up, oh Built me from the ground up, oh I learned to drive at 11, out by the sugar beets My daddy's 69 brown GMC, stick shift with a bench seat Hotel California, stuck in the tape deck on repeat Now everywhere I go, I take you there with me, because I Grew up in a place nobody ever heard of We didn't have much, but we always had each other My roots run deep, and nothing's gonna change me Bonanza, you're in my blood This town built me from the ground up, oh Built me from the ground up, oh There's a little cemetery down off o' main street That's where my momma's buried; that's where I left a big part of me Sometimes I get a little choked up, when I think about the past (past) All my friends that have come and gone, but memories that always last (Whoa) Yeah, but memories that always last (whoa) Yeah, but memories that always last (whoa) Bo town, I think about you when I'm lookin' back My roots run deep, and I will never be ashamed of that, whoa I grew up in a place nobody ever heard of We didn't have much, but we always had each other My roots run deep, and nothing's gonna change me Bonanza, you're in my blood This town built me from the ground up, oh (built me, built me) Built me from the ground up, oh (built me, built me) (Built me, Bonanza built me) Bonanza, you're in my blood Bonanza, you're in my blood