Where I'm From Songtext
von Patrick Davis

On a three-hour flight from Memphis to LA
I was silently celebrating my first-class upgrade
Laughing at my jeans and my boots
Beside those high-dollar shoes and Armani suits
When the gentleman next to me said
"You know the drinks up here are free
So if you′d like, the first one can be on me"
He said "I'm headed 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
Who gave their children grandmothers′ 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 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, 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 truck's a Ford and the tractor's green
And Amazing Grace is what we sing
Where the county fair is every fall
And your friends are there no matter when you call
Yes, 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 prayed for your brother and did I mention that
Italian suits haven't always been my style?
See I was the quarterback on my high school team
We took state back in ′63
And my wife, well she's still my homecoming 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
Who 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, how sweet the sound)
Yes, that is where I'm from
I sure love where I am from
(Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound)
Where I′m from
(Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound)
I sure love where I am from
Yes, where we are from