"In A Small Town" lyrics

Our whole world was one block wide
Our best friends hadn't changed since we were 5
Beer cans in a truck bed, every weekend we'd do it again
Take it out back to the house if Main Street was dead
Couple kids thinking we were always one step ahead
In a small town

Oh, but those backroads are the backbones of where we grew up
And these bonfires are the home fires when we get lost
And that high school was first school where we learned about love
And your dad's garage was the first place where we got drunk
You could certainly say we grew up
In a small town
In a small town

Started to criticize
People who stayed in their one block lives
Loaded our truck bed, headed west, anywhere fast
Found out word gets around wherever you're at
But your old friends they ain't there to have your back
And you're wishing you could have what you had
In a small town

Like how that old pub is the only pub where we'd all meet up
And your teacher's the same teacher that taught your mum
Those crosses at that red light keep reminding us
To hold on to the ones we love, be thankful that we've come
From a small town
I'm headed home now
Yeah, I just might settle down
In a small town

Life flashed before our eyes
Fell in love with a small town state of mind
Our two kids in the truck bed, playing Peter Pan are lost in never land
I'm scared if I look away now and look back again
They'll turn eighteen and say there's nothing for them
In a small town

Oh, but they'll call home when they're out of oil and ask for dad
Their first heartbreak will be their first break in finding themselves
And eventually they'll come back and settle down
Buy a piece of land and build a house
Ya, the ones that made us proud
They'll all gather round
Bury us six feet down
In a small town
In a small town