Where I'm From

	  		 

Intro 

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

Verse 2 
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When the gentlemen next to me said the drinks up here are free 
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So if you like, the first one can be on me 
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He said I'm heading back from 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 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 flings 
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And gave their children 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 

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

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

Verse 5 
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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 havent 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, shes still my homecoming queen 

Chorus 3 
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Cuz Im from the front pew of a wooden white church 
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A courthouse clock that still dont work 
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Where a man's word means everything 
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Where moms and dads were high school flings 
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And gave their children grandmothers 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