Where I'm From

On the three hour flight from Memphis to L.A.

I was silently celebrating my first-class upgrade

Laughin' at my jeans and my boots

Beside those high-dollar shoes and Armani suits

When the gentleman next to me said, "The drinks up here are free

So, if you'd like, the first one can be on me"

He said, "I'm headin' back from business in New York and Rome

Tell me, son, where do you call home?"

I said, "I'm from the front pew of a wooden, white church

A courthouse clock that still don't work

Where a man's word means everything

Where moms and dads were high school flames

And gave their children Grandmother's maiden name

Yes, it may not sound like much

But it's where I'm from"

So we drank that round and then another

There wasn't a topic in this world we did not cover

He said, "I headed out west when I was barely 19

Just a kid chasin' my dreams"

And I said, "I'm flyin' out here to pick up my big brother

He's been fighting the cancer they discovered

But he called last night and said, 'I think this is the end

So come take me home to my family and my friends'"

Where the quarterback dates the homecomin' queen

The truck's a Ford and the tractor's green

And Amazing Grace is what we sing

Where there's a county fair every fall

And your friends are there, no matter when you call

Yeah, it may not sound like much, but it's where I'm from

And as we stood to claim the bags we checked

He said, "I'll pray for your brother, and did I mention that

Italian suits haven't always been my style

See, I was the quarterback of my high school team

We took state back in '63, and my wife

Well, she's still my homecomin' queen"

'Cause I'm from the front pew of a wooden, white church

A courthouse clock that still don't work

Where a man's word means everything

Where moms and dads were high school flames

Gave their children Grandmother's maiden name

Yes, it may not sound like much

I said it may not sound like much

But it's where I'm from"

(Amazing Grace)

It's where I'm from

(How sweet the sound)

It's where I'm from

(Amazing Grace)

(How sweet the sound)

(Amazing Grace)

(How sweet)