Where I'm From

歌詞

On a three hour flight from Memphis to L.A. I was silently celebrating my first-class upgrade Laughing at my jeans and my boots Beside those high dollar shoes and Armani suits When the gentleman next to me said the drinks up here are free So if you'd like the first one can be on me He said I'm heading back from business in New York and Rome Tell me son, where do you call home? I said I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church A court house clock that still don't work Where a man's word means everything Where moms and dads were high school flames Gave their children grandmothers' maiden name Yes it may not sound like much But that's where I'm from So we drank that round and then another There wasn't a topic in this world we did not cover He said I headed out west when I was barley nineteen Just a kid, chasing my dreams And I said I'm flying out here to pick up my big brother He's been fighting the cancer they discovered But he called last night and said I think this is the end So come take me home to my family an my friends Where the quarterback dates the homecoming queen The trucks are ford and the tractors green And amazing grace is what we'd sing Where there's a county fair every fall And your friends are there no matter when you call Yeah it may not sound like much But it's where I'm from And as we stood to claim the bags we checked He said I'll pray for your bother and did I mention That Italian suits haven't always been my style? See I was the quarterback of my high school team We took state back in '63 And my wife well she still my home coming queen Cause I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church A court house clock that still don't work Where a man's word means everything Where moms and dads were high school flames Gave their children grandmothers' maiden name Yes it may not sound like much I said it may not sound like much But it's where I'm from It's where I'm from It's where I'm from