Where I'm From-King of the Road

[ti:Where I'm From] [ar:King of the Road] [al:Ultimate Country Mix] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Where I'm From - King of the Road [00:07.80]On a three hour flight from Memphis to LA [00:11.52] [00:14.16]I was silently celebrating my first class upgrade [00:20.06] [00:21.01]Laughing at my jeans and my boots [00:24.56] [00:26.53]Beside those high dollar shoes and Armani suits [00:31.21] [00:33.44]When the gentleman next to me [00:35.75]Said the drinks up here are free [00:38.44] [00:39.23]So if you'd like the first one can be on me [00:44.21] [00:45.71]He said I'm headin' back from business [00:48.36] [00:49.05]In New York and Rome [00:51.12] [00:52.22]Tell me son where do you call home [00:57.04] [00:58.53]I said I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church [01:02.43]A courthouse clock it still don't work [01:05.28] [01:05.90]Where a man's word means everything [01:10.66] [01:11.82]Where moms and dads were high school flames [01:15.11]That gave their children grandmother's maiden name [01:18.30]Yes it may not sound like much [01:22.35] [01:22.86]But it's where I'm from [01:29.14] [01:30.92]So we drank that round and then another [01:35.77] [01:36.90]There wasn't a topic in this world [01:39.85]We did not cover [01:42.19] [01:43.72]He said I headed out west [01:45.40]When I was barely nineteen [01:48.33] [01:50.24]Just a kid chasing my dreams [01:54.64] [01:55.81]And I said I'm flying out here [01:58.46]To pick up big brother [02:00.94] [02:02.52]He's been fighting the cancer they discovered [02:07.86] [02:09.44]But he called last night and said [02:11.40]I think this is the end [02:13.61] [02:14.75]So come take me home to my family and my friends [02:20.16] [02:21.06]Where the quarterback dates [02:23.11] [02:23.89]The homecoming queen [02:25.00] [02:25.70]The truck's a Ford and the tractor's green [02:28.19] [02:28.73]And Amazing Grace is what we sing [02:33.59] [02:34.28]Where there's a county fair every fall [02:38.31]And your friends are there no matter when you call [02:41.41]Yeah it may not sound like much [02:45.46] [02:46.16]But it's where I'm from [02:51.93] [02:54.21]And as we stood to claim the bags we checked [02:57.35]He said I'll pray for your brother [02:59.40]And did I mention that [03:01.30]Italian suits haven't always been my style [03:04.85] [03:06.68]See I was the quarterback of my high school team [03:10.30]We took state back in '63 [03:13.37]And my wife well she's still [03:16.74] [03:17.72]My homecoming queen [03:19.71] [03:22.75]'Cause I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church [03:26.37]A courthouse clock it still don't work [03:29.64]Where a man's word means everything [03:34.94] [03:35.84]Where moms and dads were high school flame [03:38.99]That gave their children grandmother's maiden name [03:42.15]Yes it may not sound like much [03:46.54] [03:48.10]I said it may not sound like much [03:52.83] [03:53.41]But it's where I'm from [03:57.16] [03:59.92]It's where I'm from [04:03.39] [04:06.31]It's where I'm from