On a 3 hour flight from Memphis to LA I was silently celebrating my first class upgrade Laughing at my jeans and my boots beside those high dollar shoes and armani suits When the gentleman next to me said the drinks up here are free So if you'd like the first one can be on me He said I'm heading back from business, in New York and Rome Tell me son where do you call home
I said I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church A courthouse clock that still dont work Where a mans word means everything Where moms and dads were high school flames and Gave their children Grandmothers maiden name Yes, it may not sound like much But its where I'm from
So we Drank that round and then another There wasnt a topic in this world we did not cover He said I headed out west when I was barely 19 Just a kid chasing my dreams And I said I'm flying out here to pick up my big brother He's been fighting the cancer they discovered But he called last night and said I think this is the end So come take me home to my family and my friends
Where the quarterback dates the homecoming queen The trucks a ford and the tractor's green And amazing grace is what we sing Where theres a county fair every fall And your friends are there no matter when you call It may not sound like much but its where I'm from
And as we stood to claim the bags we checked He said ill pray for your brother and did I mention that Italian suits havent always been my style See I was the quarter back of my high school team We took state back in 63 and my wife well she is still my homecoming queen
Cuz I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church A courthouse clock that still dont work Where a mans word means everything Where moms and dads were high school flames Gave their children Grandmothers maiden name Yes, it may not sound like much I said it may not sound like much But its where I'm from amazing grace It's where I'm from how sweet the sound Its where I'm from amazing grace, how sweet the sound, amazing grace.