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 kinda 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

Yeah, I played a little football

I got a letter on my jacket

I bet it's still in that box, up there in my mama'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 kinda 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 kinda proud of growing up around here

Growing up around here

Yeah, I'm proud of growing up around here