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

Growing up around here in this taillight town

I spent seventeen years trying to find a way out

Took a whole lot of miles to know what I know now

I'm kind of proud of growing up around here

Well I kissed my first girl

Behind that Texaco sign

I drank my first cold beer by that river side

Yeah I played a little football

Got a letter on my jacket

I bet it's still in that box up there in my Mom's attic

Growing up around here in this taillight town

I spent seventeen years trying to find a way out

Took a whole lot of miles to know what I know now

I'm kind of proud of growing up around here

Yeah I know someday

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

Growing up around here in this taillight town

I spent seventeen years trying to find a way out

Took a whole lot of miles to know what I know now

Growing up around here in this taillight town

I spent seventeen years trying to find a way out

Took a whole lot of miles to know what I know now

I'm kind of proud of growing up around here

Growing up around here

Yeah I'm proud

Of growing up around here