I'm a Small Town

Album: Welcome to the Fishbowl (2012)
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  • Well I've been around
    Since before the trains came through
    Well I've seen a lot
    But the first time my heart broke in two,
    Was when they brought those Johnson brothers back,
    To their momma with a flag

    Well I'm a small town

    There's hundreds just like me
    Yeah but I'm the one
    Well you happen to be
    When you learned how to ride your first bike
    Up and down my street
    Well you grew up
    And couldn't wait to just get out

    I'm a small town

    Where everyone knows everyone
    There ain't no secrets around here
    Sonny there you love me
    You hang me for everything I am
    Either I hold your heart
    Or I hold you down

    I'm a small town
    Just a dot there on the map
    If you blink you miss me
    Yeah well go ahead and laugh
    But I'm where you kissed your first someone
    I'm where you hit your last home run
    I'm where you lay your grandpa in the ground

    Yeah, I'm a small town

    Where everyone knows everyone
    There ain't no secrets around here
    Sonny there you love me
    You hang me for everything I am
    Either I hold your heart
    Or I hold you down

    I'm a small town

    You left in a cloud of dust
    Big city bound
    But I never once gave up
    And when you looked into that newborn angel's eyes
    And it occurred
    There was only one place good enough for here

    Where everyone knows everyone
    There ain't no secrets around here
    Sonny there you love me
    You hang me for everything I am
    Either I hold your heart
    Or I hold you down

    I'm a small town

    I'm a small town

    I'm a small town
    I'm a small town
    I'm a small town
    Yeah I'm a small town Writer/s: KEITH GATTIS
    Publisher: ME GUSTA MUSIC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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