Our Very Own Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

We don't live on easy street 

But it's home 

Looking out on the open road 

Where you'll go it alone 

To the last of our simple days 

We'll wave goodbye 

And down this road we've grown 

And it's our very own 

This is not a one-horse town 

And we're not alone 

It's somewhere off the beaten path 

And we're loyal to the bone 

Everybody's got their place 

And got their role to play 

We should never change our rules 

'Cause it's our very own 

Youth is but a breath in time 

It's a cruise around the square 

You swore you'd never be your folks 

And suddenly you're there 

You think you'll choose a different road 

Than the one that you've been shown 

But in the end we're in that square 

And it's our very own 

We don't live on easy street 

But it's home 

Looking out on that open road 

Where you'll go it alone 

To the last of our simple days 

We'll wave goodbye 

Down this road we've grown 

And it's our very own 

Down this road we've grown 

And it's our very own 

Come December, come what may 

We'll recall our simple days 

And we'll always know 

They were our very own