shenandoah
that's where i grew up
there's still marks on that pantry door in that little house where mama used to measure us and i'm proud to say that's my home where i was raised but that ain't where i grew up see i gained a little on father time that summer my grandaddy died the first time i saw mama cry man that sure was tough felt like i'd put on a few years watching daddy wipe her tears in my little coat and tie standing in the cemetery mud that's where i grew up my senior year a case of beer right on the river bank getting a head start on 21 that's the place that made me feel just like a man but that ain't where i grew up see i gained a little on father time that night i crossed that center line i bet i rolled a dozen times next thing i knew i was. waking up upside down praying "god just get me out" and i hit my knees beside what was left of my truck and that's where i grew up you learn as you go oh you see that's how you grow i gained a little on father time when me and her had our first big fight i said some things i made her cry she packed all her stuff the boy in me said let her go but the man in me said pull her close it was time to find out which one i was standing in the doorway holding on to love that's where i grew up that's where i grew up