ON A THREE HOUR
FLIGHT
FROM MEMPHIS TO L.A.
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 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
GAVE THEIR CHILDREN
GRANDMOTHER'S
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
CHASIN' MY DREAMS
AND I SAID I'M FLYIN'
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 TRUCK'S A FORD
AND THE TRACTOR
IS GREEN
AND AMAZING GRACE
IS WHAT WE 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'D CHECKED
HE SAID I'LL PRAY
FOR YOUR BROTHER
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 SIXTY-THREE
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
THEY GAVE THEIR
CHILDREN
GRANDMOTHER'S
MAIDEN NAME
YES IT MAY NOT SOUND
LIKE MUCH
I SAID IT MAY
NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH
BUT IT'S WHERE
I'M FROM
IT'S WHERE I'M FROM
IT'S WHERE I'M FROM