That backward town, in my rearview
Was gonna be my whole world
Til my factory job, got shipped to Mexico
And a city boy stole my sweet girl
I used to know everybody by name
Everybody's moved away
Can't say that I'm really wantin' to go
But I've run out of reasons to stay
This ain't nothin' like what I,
had in mind for me
Then again my future,
Ain't what it used to be
Well I thought like my dad, and his daddy before
That I would die where I was born
Live a smalltown dream in a big backyard
Raisin' babies and corn
Now here I am, one eye on the road
Tryin' to read the map on the dash
Nowhere close to making up my mind
With a fork in the road comin' fast
(chorus 2x)
That backward town, in my rear view
Was gonna be my whole world