ain't what it used to be

that backward town in my rearview

was gonna be my whole world

til my factory job got shipped to mexico

and a city boy stole my sweet girl

i used to know everybody by name

everybody's moved away

can't say that i'm really wantin' to go

but i've run out of reasons to stay

this ain't nothin' like what i

had in mind for me

but then again my future

ain't what it used to be

well i thought like my dad and his daddy before

that i would die where i was born

live a small town dream in a big backyard

raisin' babies and corn

now here i am

one eye on the road

tryin' to read a map on the dash

nowhere close to making up my mind

with a fork in the road comin' fast

this ain't nothing like what i

had in mind for me

then again my future

ain't what it used to be

this ain't nothing like what i

had in mind for me

then again my future

ain't what it used to be

that backward town in my rearview

was gonna be my whole world