Small Town Southern Man - Alan Jackson

She's leaving home, bye, bye No, she won't keep them waiting Dreams she'll follow, so high Birds are born to fly Never alone, follow your lead Home's where your heart will be Up on a wing and a prayer You dare to dream (always remember) No matter how far you get you'll always be Small town beautiful Small town beautiful What's beautiful is you don't even know It's hidden in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful Your eyes shine brighter than big cities You're onе of a kind That smile is so much more than pretty Lеt that light be your guide Inside, yeah, that's where they'll find you Yeah, they could offer the world And all its gold (always remember) Her only treasure on earth, home sweet home She's my small town beautiful Small town beautiful What's beautiful is you don't even know It's hidden in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful Small town beautiful Small town beautiful What's beautiful is you don't even know I see it in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful Small town beautiful I don't think you really even know See it in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful

When the guys in Eli Young Band were thinking about songs To put on their new greatest hits album Do you know that they actally had an album they released Before they were signed to the Big Machine label group? And they decided to go back to that album And pick a couple of songs from there to put on the greatest hits Now the first one that we're gonna play it's called "Small Town Kid" For anybody who grew up in a small town This was Mike Eli's tribute to his small town upbringing And more importantly this song taught Mike something about himself as an artist Who I was in high school where I grew up like it felt very small town Everybody knew what was happening in everybody's lifes And everything was changing and a lot of people were moving there They built this highway and so the access to our town was just changing dramatically And that was kind of like where I was going with writing that song And then it ended up kinda of I think being this ode To being proud of where you came from But I think that-that song for me Was my first outing of figuring out "Hey, I can write a song, that's cool" Like I said, this song was off of Eli Young Band's very first album back in 2005 It was called "Level" This is "Small Town Kid" and you'll find it on "This is Eli Young Band: Greatest Hits" which is available now

Yeah, I'm a rich man Without a lick of money A better-than-blessed man Had all I ever wanted I got everything I need Got love and a family I'm a hardworkin' man You plant a seed and sow it A Sunday-go-to-church man I need help and know it God's been good to me Better than he had to be Yeah, in my soul, one thing I know I ain't lookin' for a pot of gold That ain't what this life means to me I keep my head up high, feet on the ground Love the ones I'm livin' 'round Life is just that simple to me Yeah, I'm a rich man I'm gonna tell the truth, man Just like my mama preached it I'm a red-white-and-blue man My daddy fought to free it And man, I still believe (I still believe) In the "Land of the Free" Yeah, in my soul, one thing I know I ain't lookin' for a pot of gold That ain't what this life means to me I keep my head up high, feet on the ground Love the ones I'm livin' 'round Life is just that simple to me Yeah, I'm a rich man (Yeah, I'm a rich man) Yeah, I'm a rich man Without a lick of money A better than blessed man Had all I ever wanted I got everything I need I got everything I need Got love and a family

I realy everything i say Yeh... And this the hardest thing i ever had to go through, I see you out and have to act like i dont know you, Knew itd be hard but didnt know that itd be this tough, Knew i'd be drinking but didnt know that itd be this much, I cant believe youre not in my arms and i know its my fault but this girl you are is not you, I told you leave it in the past and i really meant that but i cant believe i lost you, To somebody i know, i guess thats just how it goes, When you break up in a small town I see your friends, and they put on a show like they dont want me to know, And they give me the go 'round, But its like they dont know about us nah, They dont know what we been through, Are you getting down with my friend well then he was never my friend boo, Its eff him and its eff you, Im doing fine by myself tho, Since day 1 thats all i had and i dont need no one else no no, Uh, to me it looks like youve been doing fine, Im checking up on you everytime that i go online, Im looking at old pics and new pics like whos this? i dont remember her, i dont remember him, and you deleted everyone that i was in But i expected that, Grudges you were the best at that, Fighting, we needed less of that, All the fighting, yeah tell me you dont remember that no I told you leave it in the past and i really meant that but i cant believe i lost you, To somebody i know, i guess thats just how it goes, When you break up in a small town I see your friends, and they put on a show like they dont want me to know, And they give me the go 'round, But its like they dont know about us nah, They dont know what we been through, Are you getting down with my friend well then he was never my friend boo, Its eff him and its eff you, Im doing fine by myself tho, Since day 1 thats all i had and i dont need no one else no no

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do 'Cause she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me, you belong with me Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself "Hey, isn't this easy?" And you've got a smile that can light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down You say, "You're fine", I know you better than that Hey, what you doing with a girl like that? She wears high heels, I wear sneakers She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me Oh, I remember you driving to my house In the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're 'bout to cry I know your favorite songs And you tell me 'bout your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you? Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe, you belong with me? You belong with me