Where I'm From

Intro Verse 1 On a three hour flight from Memphis to LA I was silently celebrating my first class upgrade Laughing at my jeans and my boots Beside those high dollar shoes and Armani suits Verse 2 When the gentlemen next to me said the drinks up here are free So if you 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? Chorus 1 I said I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church A courthouse clock that still don't work Where a man's word means everything Where moms and dads were high school flings And gave their children grandmothers maiden names Yes it may not sound like much But it's where I'm from Verse 3 So we drank that round, and then another There wasnt a topic in this world we did not cover He said I headed out west when I was barely nineteen Just a kid chasing my dreams Verse 4 And I said Im flying out here to pick up my big brother Hes 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 and my friends Chorus 2 Where the quarterback dates the homecoming queen The truck's a ford and the tractor's green And amazing grace is what we sing Theres a county fair every fall And your friends are there no matter when you call It may not sound like much But it's where I'm from Verse 5 And as we stood to claim the bags we checked He said I'll pray for your brother and did I mention that Italian suits havent always been my style See I was the quarterback of my high school team We took state back in sixty three And my wife, shes still my homecoming queen Chorus 3 Cuz Im from the front pew of a wooden white church A courthouse clock that still dont work Where a man's word means everything Where moms and dads were high school flings And gave their children grandmothers maiden names 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