That’s Where I’m From

[Verse 1]
Back in the driveway
The end of the workday
And how fast that world disappears
A fresh lawn, a pine tree
A neighbor just like me
That's worked all his life to get here

[Refrain 1]
A man climbs as high as he can
But his heart belongs where it began

[Verse 2]
I can see in my mind's eye
A shack on a hillside
And a mean billy-goat on a chain
Dad doin' battle
With dirt hard as gravel
And summers the crops never came

[Refrain 2]
We'd shoot down a pheasant in flight
And sing songs about Jesus all night

[Chorus]
And that's where I'm from
Where time passes slower
That's where I'm from
Where it's "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir"
Can't tell I'm country
Just you look closer
It's deep in my blood

[Post-Chorus 1]
Two cars, a picket fence
That's where I've come
Dirt roads and double-wides
That's where I'm from

[Verse 3]
Night school on a fast track
And no cause to look back
That place put a scar on my soul
And I swore my young ones
Would never know hunger
And the good life is all they can know

[Refrain 3]
Well, I've watched them grow, now I see
One thing separates them from me

[Chorus]
And that's where I'm from
Where time passes slower
That's where I'm from
Where it's "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir"
Can't tell I'm country
Just you look closer
It's deep in my blood

[Post-Chorus 2]
A white collar, a necktie
That's where I've come
Half-naked in the moonshine
That's where I'm from

[Refrain 4]
If you've ever heard Hank Williams sing
Well, you know the whole blessed thing

[Chorus]
'Cause that's where I'm from
Where time passes slower
That's where I'm from
Where it's "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir"
Can't tell I'm country
Just you look closer
It's deep in my blood

[Post-Chorus 3]
A long way down a hard road
That's where I've come
Someplace I can't go home to
That's where I'm from