Down Home Lyrics by Alabama

Down Home

Rick bowles/josh leo

Just off of the beaten path
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

[chorus]
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

Rpeat chorus

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...

Repeat chorus

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