Just off of the beaten path

A little dot on a state road map

That's where I was born and where I'll die

Things move at a slower pace

Nobody's in the rat race

And these days that's a special way of life



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Down home, where they know you by name

And treat you like family

Down home, a man's good word and hand shake

Are all you need

Folks know if they're falling on hard times

They can fall back on

Those of us raised up down home



In the corner of the hardware store

Gathered 'round a checkerboard

Old men telling lies and crowning kings

Kids driving 'round the old town square

Tops rolled down in the cool night air

Go and see what's shaking at the Dairy Queen



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Bridge

When I was a boy, I couldn't wait to leave this place

But now I want to see my children raised down home, down home



Folks know if they're falling on hard times

They can fall back on

Those of us raised up...



Repeat Chorus