On a three hour flight from Memphis to LA
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 want 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
The courthouse clock still don't work
Where a man's word means everything

Where moms and dads were high school flames
And 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 19
Just a kid chasing my dreams

And I said I'm flying 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's 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
It may not sound like much
But it's where I'm from


And as we stood to claim the bags we checked
He said I'll pray for your brother and did I mention that

Italian suits haven't always been my style
You see I was the quarterback of my high school team
We took state back in 63

And my wife, she's still my homecoming queen

Cause I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church

A courhouse clock that still don't work
Where a man's word means everything
Where moms and dads were high school flames

and gave their children Grandmother's maiden name
It may not sound like much
I said it may not sound like much,

But it's where I'm from