(chris farren/kevin sharp)



I'm proud of my historyproud of my home

But there comes a time in a young boy's life

When he feels he's got to roam

Daddy says I'm crazymama thinks I'm naive

But if I don't do it now then I'll never leave



¡®cause I've driven every back road in this part of the state

Ain't a girl in my graduation class that I didn't date

Tried everything on the menu down at fiddler's bar & grill

I got a taste for something this town will never fill



There's a great big world out there for me to see

I might sail a boat to chinachase dreams in tennessee

Right now the motor's runningjust a few things I gotta do

Tell my friends goodbye

Drive these streets for one last time

Change that city limit sign

To "population 4000 minus 1"



Gonna see the bright lightsgonna make my mark

So many things I've got to do I don't know where to starts

Play cards in vegaswalk the beach at malibu

Learn a few things that I never knew



There's a great big world out there for me to see

Might play for the '49ersmardi gras in new orleans

Right now the motor's runningjust a few things I gotta do

Tell my friends goodbye

Drive these streets for one last time

Change that city limit sign

To "population 4000 minus 1"



Now I'm stuck in new york citystaring at these walls

Thinking how the grass out here ain't that green at all

Ain't that green at all



There's a great big world out there for me to see

I might wed a farmers daughter and raise a family

Right now the clock is tickingjust a few things I gotta do

Tell my friends goodbye

Ride that subway one last time

Change that city limit sign

To "population 12 million minus 1"

To "population 12 million minus 1"

Coming homecoming home