growing up around here

well it's been so long

i swore i'd never come back

to this sleepy little one horse dot on the map

but the roots run deep

in this rocky red ground

and i could feel that pull

every road i went down

growing up around here in this taillight town

i spent seventeen years tryin' to find a way out

took a whole lot of miles to know what i know now

i'm kind of proud of growing up around here

well i kissed my first girl

behind that texaco sign

i drank my first cold beer by that river side

i played a little football

got a letter on my jacket

i bet it's still in that box

up there in my mom's attic

growing up around here in this taillight town

i spent seventeen years tryin' to find a way out

took a whole lot of miles to know what i know now

i'm kind of proud of growing up around here

yeah i know someday

no matter how far i roam

oh i'll end up back this way

and i'll call this place home

yeah there's no place like home

growing up around here in this taillight town

i spent seventeen years tryin' to find a way out

took a whole lot of miles to know what i know now

growing up around here in this taillight town

i spent seventeen years tryin' to find a way out

took a whole lot of miles to know what i know now

i'm kind of proud of growing up around here

yeah i'm proud

of growing up around here