Where I'm From Lyrics - Growing Up Is Getting Old - Jason Michael Carroll

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'd like the first one can be on me 

He said I'm headin' 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 

A courthouse clock, it still don't work 

Where a man's word means everything 

Where moms and dads were high school flames 

That 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 nineteen 

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 

Yeah, 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? 

See, I was the quarterback of my high school team 

We took state back in '63 

And my wife, well, she's still my homecoming queen 

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

A courthouse clock, it still don't work 

Where a man's word means everything 

Where moms and dads were high school flame 

That gave their children grandmother's maiden name 

Yes, it may not sound like much 

I said it may not sound like much but it's where I'm from 

(Amazing grace) 

It's where I'm from 

(How sweet the sound) 

It's where I'm from 

(Amazing grace) 

(How sweet the sound) 

(Amazing grace)