Circles Around This Town

I swear I don't know how I trusted
 A Montero with the AC busted
 A couple bad demos on a burned CD
 Would take me all the way to Tennessee
 I showed up to the new apartment
 First month's, last month's, two deposits
 Hadn't heard the sound of a door slam yet
 Thank God I was an optimist
 I drove circles around this town
 Tryin' to write circles around this town
 Tryna say somethin' with meanin'
 Somethin' worth singin' about
 I've been kind and I've been ruthless
 Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
 Thought when I hit it, it'd all look different
 But I still got the pedal down
 Drivin' circles around this town
 So many times, I thought about leavin'
 Got my ass kicked tryin' to compete with
 Everybody else's ones that got away
 I'm around long enough to catch a break
 A couple hundred songs and the ones that finally worked
 Was the one about a car and the one about a church
 That I wrote
 Drivin' circles around this town
 Tryin' to write circles around this town
 Tryna say somethin' with meanin'
 Somethin' worth singin' about
 I've been kind and I've been ruthless
 Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
 Thought when I hit it, it'd all look different
 But I still got the pedal down
 Drivin' circles around this town
 Drivin' circles around this town
 Hey!
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 I drove circles around this town
 Tryin' to write circles around this town
 Tryna say somethin' with meanin'
 Somethin' worth singin' about
 I've been kind and I've been ruthless
 Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
 Thought when I hit it, it'd all look different
 But I still got the pedal down
 I still get lost, I still get found
 Drivin' circles around this town
 Oh yeah