Where I'm From

On a three-hour flight from Memphis to LA
 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 heading 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 court house clock that still don't work
 Where a man's word means everything
 Where moms and dads were high school flames
 Gave their children grandmothers' maiden name
 Yes it may not sound like much
 But that'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 barley nineteen"
 "Just a kid, chasing my dreams"
 And I said, "I'm flying 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 homecoming queen
 The trucks are ford and the tractors green
 And amazing grace is what we'd 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 bother 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 still my homecoming queen
 'Cause I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church
 A court house clock that still don't work
 Where a man's word means everything
 Where moms and dads were high school flames
 Gave their children grandmothers' 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)
 
 On a three-hour flight from Memphis to LA
 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 heading 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 court house clock that still don't work
 Where a man's word means everything
 Where moms and dads were high school flames
 Gave their children grandmothers' maiden name
 Yes it may not sound like much
 But that'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 barley nineteen"
 "Just a kid, chasing my dreams"
 And I said, "I'm flying 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 homecoming queen
 The trucks are ford and the tractors green
 And amazing grace is what we'd 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 bother 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 still my homecoming queen
 'Cause I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church
 A court house clock that still don't work
 Where a man's word means everything
 Where moms and dads were high school flames
 Gave their children grandmothers' 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)
 
 On a three-hour flight from Memphis to LA
 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 heading 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 court house clock that still don't work
 Where a man's word means everything
 Where moms and dads were high school flames
 Gave their children grandmothers' maiden name
 Yes it may not sound like much
 But that'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 barley nineteen"
 "Just a kid, chasing my dreams"
 And I said, "I'm flying 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 homecoming queen
 The trucks are ford and the tractors green
 And amazing grace is what we'd 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 bother 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 still my homecoming queen
 'Cause I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church
 A court house clock that still don't work
 Where a man's word means everything
 Where moms and dads were high school flames
 Gave their children grandmothers' 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)