IN A SMALL TOWN
DOWN IN GEORGIA
OVER FORTY YEARS AGO
HER MAIDEN NAME WAS MUSICK
'TIL SHE MET THAT JACKSON BOY
THEY MARRIED YOUNG
LIKE FOLKS DID THEN
NOT A PENNY TO THEIR NAME
AND THEY BELIEVED THE
ONE YOU VOWED TO LOVE
SHOULD ALWAYS STAY THE SAME
AND ON THE LAND
HIS DADDY GAVE HIM
A FOUNDATION UNDERWAY
FOR A LOVE TO LAST FOREVER
OR UNTIL THEIR DYIN' DAYS
THEY BUILT A BOND
THAT'S STRONG ENOUGH
TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME
AND A PLACE FOR US TO TURN TO
WHEN OUR LIVES WERE IN A BIND
AND THEY MADE THEIR HOUSE
FROM A TOOL SHED
GRAND-DADDY ROLLED
DOWN ON TWO LOGS
AND THEY BUILT WALLS
ALL AROUND IT
AND THEY MADE
THAT HOUSE A HOME
AND THEY TAUGHT US
'BOUT GOOD LIVIN'
THEY TAUGHT US
RIGHT FROM WRONG
LORD, THERE'LL NEVER
BE ANOTHER PLACE
IN THIS WORLD
THAT I'LL CALL HOME
MY MOMMA
RAISED FIVE CHILDREN
FOUR GIRLS, AND THERE WAS ME
SHE FOUND HER STRENGTH
AND FAITH IN GOD
AND A LOVE OF FAMILY
SHE NEVER HAD A SOCIAL LIFE
HOME WAS ALL SHE KNEW
'CEPT THE TIME SHE TOOK A JOB
TO PAY A BILL OR TWO
AND MY DADDY
SKINNED HIS KNUCKLES
ON THE CARS THAT HE REPAIRED
HE NEVER EARNED MUCH MONEY
BUT HE GAVE US ALL HE HAD
HE NEVER MADE THE FRONT PAGE
BUT HE DID THE BEST HE COULD
AND FOLKS DROVE THEIR CARS
FROM MILES AROUND
TO LET HIM LOOK
UNDERNEATH THE HOOD
AND THEY MADE THEIR HOUSE
FROM A TOOL SHED
GRAND-DADDY ROLLED
DOWN ON TWO LOGS
AND THEY BUILT WALLS
ALL AROUND IT
AND THEY MADE
THAT HOUSE A HOME
AND THEY TAUGHT US
'BOUT GOOD LIVIN'
THEY TAUGHT US
RIGHT FROM WRONG
LORD, THERE'LL NEVER
BE ANOTHER PLACE
IN THIS WORLD I'LL CALL HOME
THERE'LL NEVER BE
ANOTHER PLACE
IN THIS WORLD
THAT I'LL CALL HOME