That backward town in my rearview 

was gonna be my whole world 

til my factory job got shipped to mexico 

and my farm boy chased a city girl 



i used to know everybody by name 

but everybodys moved away 

can't say that i'm really wanting to go 

but i've run out of reasons to stay 



this ain't nothing like what i had in mind for me 

but then again my future ain't what it used to be 



i thought like my mom and her momma before 

that i would die where i was born 

live a small time dream in a big back yard 

raising babies and corn 



now here i am one eye on the road 

tryin to read the map on the dash 

no where close to making up my mind 

with a fork in the road coming fast 



this ain't nothing like what i had in mind for me 

but then again my future ain't what it used to be 



no this ain't nothing like what i had in mind for me 

but then again my future now ain't what it used to be 



that backward town in my rearview 

was gonna be my whole world