On a 3 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 beside those high dollar shoes and armani suits
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When the gentleman next to me said the drinks up here are free
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So if you'd 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
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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 dont work
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Where a mans word means everything
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Where moms and dads were high school flames and
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Gave their children Grandmothers maiden name
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Yes, it may not sound like much
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But its where I'm from
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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 19
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Just a kid chasing my dreams
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And I said I'm flying out here to pick up my big brother
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He's 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
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Where the quarterback dates the homecoming queen
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The trucks a ford and the tractor's green
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And amazing grace is what we sing
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Where 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 but its where I'm from
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And as we stood to claim the bags we checked
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He said ill 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 quarter back of my high school team
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We took state back in 63 and my wife well she is still my homecoming queen
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Cuz I'm 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 mans word means everything
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Where moms and dads were high school flames
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Gave their children Grandmothers maiden name
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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 its where I'm from
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Its where I'm from
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Its where I'm from
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Where I'm From
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Jason Michael Carroll |