Can't Take My Hometown

[00:00.09] Moon county
[00:01.46] You can't take my hometown
[00:04.18] The way of life, it never slows down
[00:07.27] Whip-poor-will, singing the song of the South
[00:09.73] And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
[00:14.02] Now it might not look like much
[00:16.47] But this old place is still home to us
[00:19.16] And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
[00:22.04] So you can change the world
[00:23.66] But I'ma tell you now
[00:25.01] You can't take my hometown, yeah
[00:35.66] Uh, yeah
[00:36.98] Yeah, Jones County born and raised, I was K through 12
[00:40.56] My friends and teachers all loved me, but at home I was hell
[00:43.35] Me and my brothers know we did it, staying up to 12
[00:46.33] But we was just trying to live and entertain ourselves
[00:49.24] Where does the time go hiding 'cause I ain't found it yet
[00:52.10] As I'm passing Handy Andy where mom and daddy met
[00:54.88] Every which way I turn, I'm seeing special memories
[00:57.74] All of the places and the people and what they meant to me
[01:00.99] See, I was planted with a purpose is what I believe
[01:03.63] So no matter the wins and losses I could never leave
[01:06.88] I wish as a little kid I knew what I know now
[01:09.71] That there's no place on earth that's better than my home town
[01:11.86] You can't take my hometown
[01:14.25] The way of life, it never slows down
[01:17.36] Whip-poor-will, singing the song of the South
[01:19.72] And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
[01:24.25] Now it might not look like much
[01:26.83] But this old place is still home to us
[01:29.32] And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
[01:32.44] So you can change the world
[01:33.90] But I'ma tell you now
[01:35.10] You can't take my hometown, yeah
[01:48.11] '63 Scout with the rooftop missin'
[01:51.22] Pull up to Pachecho with my 15's kicking
[01:54.03] Smoking dirt weed, we were rolling dirt roads
[01:56.69] We were all dirt broke shooting BB's at the crows
[01:59.98] Town and country groceries, I miss my mom and pops
[02:02.77] Got my first fade back at Gladys' barber shop
[02:05.35] Broken bottles by the stop sign, they painted all the walls
[02:08.20] There might be cracks on the sidewalk but our flag stands tall
[02:11.53] Blacktop and burnouts, and Steven in my Chevy
[02:14.04] Leaving rubber on 11th, Bud Lights in his Yeti (whoa)
[02:17.46] This whole town, is my home town
[02:20.29] And if you try to take it, we'll be throwing down
[02:23.08] 'Cause of Shane on the Deere, man, he's been running overtime
[02:26.10] We've been drinking clear that was made from his clementine
[02:29.29] Eating lamb stew, at Wooley's with the crew
[02:31.66] Reminiscing about a town that we knew before it grew
[02:33.74] You can't take my hometown
[02:36.29] The way of life, it never slows down
[02:39.39] Whip-poor-will, singing the song of the South
[02:41.73] And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
[02:46.20] Now it might not look like much
[02:48.76] But this old place is still home to us
[02:51.39] And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
[02:54.37] So you can change the world, but I'ma tell you now
[02:57.29] You can't take my hometown, yeah
[03:10.44] Our church bells will sing a tune out every single day
[03:16.10] And ol' Ty is about to lift them wheels out
[03:18.51] Got another field to spray
[03:21.39] And those farmers like to stay out at the donut shop
[03:24.31] And love to talk about their hay
[03:28.02] And we all stand so damn tall when the stars and stripes are raised
[03:32.90] And come Friday night under the lights down at Loftin Stadium
[03:39.03] We're on our feet, you know we can't be beat
[03:41.85] And when we watch them Tigers run
[03:44.10] We watch them run
[03:44.22] You can't take my hometown
[03:46.72] The way of life, it never slows down
[03:49.65] Whip-poor-will singin' the song of the South
[03:52.12] And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
[03:56.46] Now it might not look like much
[03:58.90] But this old place is still home to us
[04:01.59] And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
[04:04.55] So you can change the world, but I'ma tell you now
[04:07.68] You can't take my hometown
[04:07.79] Oh, and my hometown, it's home to me
[04:11.45] I'll be here for eternity
[04:14.04] It's my hometown, the wild and free
[04:17.05] The one thing you can't take away from me
[04:19.55] Is my hometown, yeah
[04:24.94] You can't take my hometown, yeah
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