a name in this town

i knocked out buster johnson

on the playground after school. i went from being a 3rd grade punk

to 6th grade cool. yeah

i still hold the land speed record

down county road 5-0-9. judge taylor said he was real impressed

but wouldn't waive the fine. yeah

i still got my picture on the bait shop wall

with a 6 lb. smallmouth bass. ha

i see that i'm still loved and hated on that overpass. yeah

i got a name in this town

some good

and some bad that i'll never live down. anywhere else i'm just a face in the crowd

but i got a name in this town. yeah

i got a name in this town. might have to fight my way out of lucy's

when i show up tonight. 'round here it seems old scores

old flames man they never die. then again it might just be a bunch of back slappin'

when i walk through that door. here the same old stories

that keep gettin' bigger than they were before. i packed my things and hitched my dreams

to a superstar. and if the world out there

don't give a damn about me or this guitar. it won't matter at all

'cause i got a name in this town

some good

and some bad that i'll never live down

anywhere else i'm just a face in the crowd

but i got a name in this town. yeah

i got a name in this town

been called a few things i can't say right now

a little hard-headed and a little to proud

but i got a name in this town. yeah

i got a name in this town. whoa

risk-taker

heart-breaker

trouble-maker

man i got a name in this town. big-dreamer

dead-ringer

not a bad singer

yeah

i got a name in this town. s.o.b. wild & free

you know me

man

i got a name in this town

i got a name in this town!

i got a name in this town.