Cape Fear River-American Aquarium

[ti:Cape Fear River] [ar:American Aquarium] [al:Recorded Live At Tweed Recording] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cape Fear River - American Aquarium [00:23.29]Well I was born in the valley of the Cape Fear river [00:25.81]About a 30 minute drive to the south of Virginia [00:28.56] [00:29.50]A north star of this great state [00:31.41] [00:31.93]At least that's what the sign said [00:33.80] [00:45.76]In a town where either had or you didn't [00:48.45]My Daddy worked a 7 to 5 just to give me [00:51.15] [00:51.80]A fighting chance to make it out [00:53.59] [00:54.18]And not end up like him [00:55.64] [00:57.05]Well I ain't the man [00:58.67] [00:59.85]Half the man my Daddy was [01:01.97] [01:02.70]Half the man he wanted me to be [01:05.36] [01:10.86]So I packed up cashed my chips [01:13.09]And pointed that car east [01:15.17] [01:16.56]No idea where I was going [01:18.60] [01:19.18]Anywhere but here'd worked for me [01:20.77] [01:22.08]Somehow I still think I made him proud [01:24.92] [01:26.52]Just by getting out [01:27.78] [01:38.82]Either you get locked up or you join the core [01:41.54]You work the grill and Pete's burgers and more [01:44.42]You buy a map and pick a spot [01:46.82] [01:47.45]Drive as fast as you can [01:49.31] [01:50.20]Cause falling down here is all too real [01:52.46] [01:53.07]Broken dreams and tobacco fields [01:55.18] [01:55.74]Hollow shells with hardened eyes [01:57.92] [01:58.53]That didn't make it out [01:59.89] [02:01.03]Their either Dropped Out or Knocked Up [02:04.19]That high school girl [02:05.37]That they thought they loved [02:06.47] [02:07.03]Now their life revolves around diapers [02:09.92]And direct tv [02:11.13] [02:14.38]We aren't the men [02:15.64] [02:16.82]We aren't the men our fathers were [02:18.98] [02:20.11]We aren't the men they wanted us to be [02:22.23] [02:28.02]So I packed up cashed my chips [02:30.63]And pointed that car east [02:32.33] [02:33.71]No idea where I was going [02:36.39]Anywhere but here'd worked for me [02:38.00] [02:39.26]Somehow I still think I made him proud [02:42.11] [02:43.69]Just by getting out [02:44.99] [03:16.07]Well I was born in the valley of the Cape Fear river [03:18.91]About a 30 minute drive to the south of Virginia [03:21.36] [03:22.31]A north star of this great state [03:24.16] [03:24.69]At least that's what the sign said