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That's Where I'm From

from Gone Away Backward by Robbie Fulks

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Back in the driveway The end of the workday And how fast that world disappears A fresh lawn, a pine tree A neighbor just like me Who’s worked all his life to get here

A man climbs as high as he can But his heart belongs where it began

I can see in my mind’s eye A shack on a hillside And a mean billy-goat on a chain Dad doing battle With dirt hard as gravel And summers the crops never came

We’d shoot down a pheasant in flight And sing songs about Jesus all night

That’s where I’m from Where time passes slower That’s where I’m from Where it’s yes ma’am and no sir You can’t tell I’m country Just you look closer It’s deep in my blood Two cars, a picket fence That’s where I’ve come Dirt roads and double-wides That’s where I’m from

Night school on a fast track And no cause to look back That place put a scar on my soul And I swore my young ones Would never know hunger Now the good life is all they can know

Well, I’ve watched them grow, now I see One thing separates them from me

..... A white collar, a necktie That’s where I’ve come Half-naked in the moonshine That’s where I’m from

f you’ve ever heard Hank Williams sing Well, you know the whole blessed thing

.... A long way down a hard road That’s where I’ve come Someplace I can’t go home to That’s where I’m from

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from Gone Away Backward, released August 27, 2013

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Robbie Fulks Chicago, Illinois

Robbie Fulks is a recording artist, instrumentalist, & songwriter living in Chicago. His most recent release, Upland Stories, earned wide-spread recognition & 2 Grammy® nominations. His early work helped define the 90s "alt-country" movement while his newer work extends that tradition with old-time rambles, reflections on love, & the troubles the people. ... more

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