Can't Take My Hometown

Moon county

You can't take my hometown

The way of life, it never slows down

Whip-poor-will, singing the song of the South

And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire

Now it might not look like much

But this old place is still home to us

And my daddy's roots are still in this ground

So you can change the world

But I'ma tell you now

You can't take my hometown, yeah

Uh, yeah

Yeah, Jones County born and raised, I was K through 12

My friends and teachers all loved me, but at home I was hell

Me and my brothers know we did it, staying up to 12

But we was just trying to live and entertain ourselves

Where does the time go hiding 'cause I ain't found it yet

As I'm passing Handy Andy where mom and daddy met

Every which way I turn, I'm seeing special memories

All of the places and the people and what they meant to me

See, I was planted with a purpose is what I believe

So no matter the wins and losses I could never leave

I wish as a little kid I knew what I know now

That there's no place on earth that's better than my home town

You can't take my hometown

The way of life, it never slows down

Whip-poor-will, singing the song of the South

And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire

Now it might not look like much

But this old place is still home to us

And my daddy's roots are still in this ground

So you can change the world

But I'ma tell you now

You can't take my hometown, yeah

'63 Scout with the rooftop missin'

Pull up to Pachecho with my 15's kicking

Smoking dirt weed, we were rolling dirt roads

We were all dirt broke shooting BB's at the crows

Town and country groceries, I miss my mom and pops

Got my first fade back at Gladys' barber shop

Broken bottles by the stop sign, they painted all the walls

There might be cracks on the sidewalk but our flag stands tall

Blacktop and burnouts, and Steven in my Chevy

Leaving rubber on 11th, Bud Lights in his Yeti (whoa)

This whole town, is my home town

And if you try to take it, we'll be throwing down

'Cause of Shane on the Deere, man, he's been running overtime

We've been drinking clear that was made from his clementine

Eating lamb stew, at Wooley's with the crew

Reminiscing about a town that we knew before it grew

You can't take my hometown

The way of life, it never slows down

Whip-poor-will, singing the song of the South

And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire

Now it might not look like much

But this old place is still home to us

And my daddy's roots are still in this ground

So you can change the world, but I'ma tell you now

You can't take my hometown, yeah

Our church bells will sing a tune out every single day

And ol' Ty is about to lift them wheels out

Got another field to spray

And those farmers like to stay out at the donut shop

And love to talk about their hay

And we all stand so damn tall when the stars and stripes are raised

And come Friday night under the lights down at Loftin Stadium

We're on our feet, you know we can't be beat

And when we watch them Tigers run

We watch them run

You can't take my hometown

The way of life, it never slows down

Whip-poor-will singin' the song of the South

And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire

Now it might not look like much

But this old place is still home to us

And my daddy's roots are still in this ground

So you can change the world, but I'ma tell you now

You can't take my hometown

Oh, and my hometown, it's home to me

I'll be here for eternity

It's my hometown, the wild and free

The one thing you can't take away from me

Is my hometown, yeah

You can't take my hometown, yeah