"Where You Came From" lyrics

I was raised on the plains somewhere out in Oklahoma
Shooting BB guns at old Coke cans, I swore I was John Wayne
And my daddy pumped [?] just outside of Dover
His daddy take me down to the river to fish all days a week

Man it all kept falling, I got a little older
Trading my gun and Zebco for a ten hour day
Is it hands that keep a man sober
I still remember what my papa used to say

When you're standing, stay and always look at me in these eyes
And if you go and start something, don't stop until it's done
Feel the Lord in your heart, that should come as no surprise
No matter where you go, don't forget where you came from

And I left town when I got a little bolder
Spending my nights, singing my songs full of poor man's ways
And I don't mind this chip that's on my shoulder
What's it worth it to lose yourselves, we went a long way

When you're standing, stay and always look at me in these eyes
And if you go and start something, don't stop until it's done
Feel the Lord in your heart, that should come as no surprise
And no matter where you go, don't forget where you came from

Now papa's gone and this world's a little colder
But it ain't long, chiseling stone on them Oklahoma plains
That said, Lord won't you take my soul to heaven
And bury this worthless body in that red dirt clay

When you're standing, stay and always look at me in these eyes
And if you go and start something, don't stop until it's done
Keep the Lord in your heart, that should come as no surprise
No matter where you go, oh no matter where you go
Don't forget where you came from
Don't forget where you came from
Oh don't forget where you came from
No matter where you go, don't forget where you came from