WHERE I COME FROM  (Listen to sample)


 
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1. I was rolling wheels and shifting gears ‘round that Jersey turnpike,
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 when Barney stopped me with his gun ten minutes after midnight.
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 Said, Sir, you broke the limit in that rusty ol’ truck.
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 I don’t know about that accent son, just where did you come from?
 
I said…
 
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Where I come from, it’s cornbread and chicken,
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where I come from, a lot of front porch sitting.
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Where I come from, trying to make a living,
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and working hard to get to heaven, where I come from.
 
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2. I was south of Detroit City, pulled in this country kitchen,
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 to try their brand of barbecue, sign says “finger licking”.
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 Well, I paid the tab and the lady asked me, how’d I like my biscuit?
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 I’ll be honest with you, M’am, it ain’t like Moma fixed it.
 
‘Cause + CHORUS
 
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3. I was chasing sun on 101, somewhere ‘round Ventura,
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 I had lost a universal joint, and I had to use my finger.
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 This tall lady stopped and asked if I had plans for dinner,
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 I said, No, thanks, Ma’m, back home we like the girls that sing soprano.
 
‘Cause + CHORUS
 
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4. I was heading home on 65, somewhere around Kentucky,
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 the CB rang from a bobtail rig, that’s a rolling on like thunder.
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 Well, I answered him and he asked me, Aren’t you from out in Tulsa ?
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 No, but you might’a seen me there, I just dropped a load of salsa
 
+ CHORUS + CHORUS + 
 
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 Where I come from, yeah, where I come from …
 

(Alan Jackson)