Population 4000 Minus 1

I'm proud of my history, I'm proud of my home

But there comes a time in a young boy's

Life when he feels he's got to roam

Daddy says I'm crazy, Mama thinks I'm naive

But if I don't do it now, then I'll never leave

'Cause I've driven every back road in this part of the state

Ain't a girl in my graduation class that I didn't date

I tried everything on the menu down at Fiddler's Bar and Grill

I got a taste for something this town will never fill

There's a great big world out there for me to see

I might sail a boat to China, chase dreams in Tennessee

But right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do

I gotta tell my friends goodbye, drive these streets for one last time

Change that city limit sign to population four thousand minus one

Gonna see the bright lights, gonna make my mark

Many things I've got to do, I don't know where to start

Play cards in Vegas, walk the beach in Malibu

Learn a few things that I never knew

There's a great big world out there for me to see

I might play for the 49ers, Mardi Gras in New Orleans

But right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do

Tell my friends goodbye, drive these streets for one last time

Change that city limit sign to population four thousand minus one

Now I'm stuck in New York City, staring at these walls

Thinking how the grass out here ain't that green at all

Ain't that green at all

There's a great big world out there for me to see

I might wed a farmer's daughter and raise a family

But right now the clock is ticking, just a few things I gotta do

I gotta tell my friends goodbye, ride that surf for one last time

Change that city limit sign to population twelve million minus one

Population twelve million minus one

Coming home, coming home

Come on!