Verse 1  
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Well in the town where I was raised, the clock ticked and the cattle grazed  
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Time passed with amazing grace, back where I come from  
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You can lie on a river bank, paint your name on a water tank  
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Miscount all the beers you drank, back where I come from  
  
Chorus  
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Back where I come from  
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Where I'll be when its said and done  
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Well I'm proud as anyone  
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That's where I come from  
  
Verse 2  
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We learned in Sunday school, who made the sun shine through  
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I know who made the moon shine too, back where I come from  
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Blue eyes on a Saturday night, tan legs in the broad daylight  
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TV's they were black and white, back where I come from  
  
-Chorus-  
  
Verse 3  
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Some say it's a backward place, narrow minds on a narrow ways  
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But I make it a point to say, that's where I come from  
  
-Chorus-  
  
Ending  
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That's where I come from  
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I'm an old Tennessean  
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Well Im proud as anyone  
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That's where I come from  
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...............Back where I come from (repeat 3X and fade)