I was raised in pocahontas illinois Everybody thought of me as one of the boys Cause id run with the crowd that was tough At 15 i was tending big os bar And id sing til 2 am for a half full tip jar Spent my youth singing truth paying dues Im the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown And ill be damned if im gonna let them down If it's the alst thing i do before they lay me in the ground You know im gonna make pocahontas proud I knocked on every door on music row But they looked down at me and said girl go back home You aint got what we need in this town But they couldn't whup the fighting side of me You kknow where i come from we don't give up easily Overnight took all my life to be found Im the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown And ill be damned if im gonna let them down If it's the alst thing i do before they lay me in the ground You know im gonna make pocahontas proud At 27 i had baby grace And i was born again when i saw her sweet face And i knew she was the greatest thing id ever do Im the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown And ill be damned if im gonna let them down If it's the alst thing i do before they lay me in the ground You know im gonna make pocahontas proud Im the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown And ill be damned if im gonna let them down If it's the alst thing i do before they lay me in the ground You know im gonna make pocahontas proud