Well it's been so long, I swore I'd never come back
To this sleepy little one horse, dot on the map
But the roots run deep in this rocky red ground
And I could feel that pull every road I went down
Growin' up around here in this tail light town
I spent 17 years tryin' to find a way out
Took a whole lotta miles to know what I know now
I'm kinda proud of growin' up around here
Well I kiss my first girl behind that Texaco sign
I drank my first cold beer by that river side
Yeah, I played a little football, I got a letter on my jacket
I bet it's still in that box up there in my mama's attic
Growin' up around here in this tail light town
I spent 17 years tryin' to find a way out
Took a whole lotta miles to know what I know now
I'm kinda proud of growin' up around here
Yeah, I know some day, no matter how far I roam
Oh I'll end up back this way and I'll call this place home
Yeah, there's no place like home
Growin' up around here in this tail light town
I spent 17 years tryin' to find a way out
Took a whole lotta miles to know what I know now
Growin' up around here in this tail light town
I spent 17 years tryin' to find a way out
Took a whole lotta miles to know what I know now
I'm kinda proud of growin' up around here
Growin' up around
Yeah, I'm proud of growin' up around here