Where Im From

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[Verse 1]
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On a three hour flight from Memphis
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 to A
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I was silently celebrating my first
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 class upgrade
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Laughing at my jeans and my boots
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Beside those high dollar shoes and 
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Armani suits

[Verse 2]
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When the gentlemen next to me said 
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the drinks up here are free
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So if you like, the first one can 
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be on me
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He said I'm heading back from 
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business in New York and Rome
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Tell me son, where do you call home?

[Chorus 1]
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I said I'm from the front pew of a 
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wooden white church
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A courthouse clock that still don't 
work
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Where a man's word means everything
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Where moms and dads were high school
 flames
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And gave their children 
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grandmothers maiden names
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Yes it may not sound like much
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But it's where I'm from

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[Verse 3]
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So we drank that round, and then 
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another
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There wasn't a topic in this world
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 we did not cover
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He said I headed out west when I 
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was barely nineteen
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Just a kid chasing my dreams

[Verse 4]
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And I said I'm flying out here to 
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pick up my big brother
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He's been fighting the cancer they 
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discovered
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But he called last night and said
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 I think this is the end
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So come take me home to my family 
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and my friends

[Chorus 2]
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Where the quarterback dates the 
homecoming queen
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The truck's a Ford and the tractor's
 green
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And amazing grace is what we sing
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Theres a county fair every fall
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And your friends are there no 
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matter when you call
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It may not sound like much
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But it's where I'm from

[Bridge]
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And as we stood to claim the bags we
 checked
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He said I'll pray for your brother 
and did I mention that
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Italian suits haven't always been my
 style
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See I was the quarterback of my high
 school team
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We took state back in sixty three
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And my wife, she's still my 
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homecoming queen

[Chorus 3]
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Cuz I'm from the front pew of a 
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wooden white church
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A courthouse clock that still don't 
work
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Where a man's word means everything
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Where moms and dads were high 
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school flames
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And gave their children grandmothers
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 maiden names
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Yes it may not sound like much
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I said it may not sound like much
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But it's where I'm from
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It's where I'm from
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It's where I'm from