A little dot on a state road map
 That's where I was born and where I'll die
 Things move at a slower pace
 Nobody's in the rat race
 And these days that's a special way of life

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 Down home, where they know you by name
 And treat you like family
 Down home, a man's godd word and s hand shake
 Are all you need
 Folks know, if they;re fallnig on hard times
 They can fall back on
 Thos of us raised up down home

 In the corner of the hardware store
 Gathered 'round a checkerboard
 Old men telling lies and crowning kings
 Kids driving 'round th eold town square
 Tops rolled down in the coll night air
 Do and see what's shaking at the Dairy Queen

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 Bridge
 When I was a boy, I couldn't wait to leave this place
 Butnow I want to see my children raised down home, down home

 Folks know, if they're falling on hard times
 They can fall back on
 Those of us raised up...

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