Lyrics

[Verse 1] Back in the driveway The end of the workday And how fast that world disappears A fresh lawn, a pine tree A neighbor just like me That's worked all his life to get here [Refrain 1] A man climbs as high as he can But his heart belongs where it began [Verse 2] I can see in my mind's eye A shack on a hillside And a mean billy-goat on a chain Dad doin' battle With dirt hard as gravel And summers the crops never came [Refrain 2] We'd shoot down a pheasant in flight And sing songs about Jesus all night [Chorus] And that's where I'm from Where time passes slower That's where I'm from Where it's "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir" Can't tell I'm country Just you look closer It's deep in my blood [Post-Chorus 1] Two cars, a picket fence That's where I've come Dirt roads and double-wides That's where I'm from [Verse 3] Night school on a fast track And no cause to look back That place put a scar on my soul And I swore my young ones Would never know hunger And the good life is all they can know [Refrain 3] Well, I've watched them grow, now I see One thing separates them from me [Chorus] And that's where I'm from Where time passes slower That's where I'm from Where it's "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir" Can't tell I'm country Just you look closer It's deep in my blood [Post-Chorus 2] A white collar, a necktie That's where I've come Half-naked in the moonshine That's where I'm from [Refrain 4] If you've ever heard Hank Williams sing Well, you know the whole blessed thing [Chorus] 'Cause that's where I'm from Where time passes slower That's where I'm from Where it's "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir" Can't tell I'm country Just you look closer It's deep in my blood [Post-Chorus 3] A long way down a hard road That's where I've come Someplace I can't go home to That's where I'm from