Story Behind The Song
This song was written while I was taking a songwriting class from country songwriter extraordinaire, Steve Seskin. I more or less channeled Steve's optimism, humor and cleverness and out came this song about my home town, Linden California (pop. 1200).
Song Description
A nostalgic and humorous song about living in a small town and realizing that it's the best place to be. Great bluegrassy playing by Darrol Anger and Mike Mashall, although it has legs as a straight country song. Grand Prize Winner, 2005 West Coast Songw
| Song Length |
2:53 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Country - Bluegrass |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cheerful, Pleasant |
Subject |
Home, Girlfriend, Wife |
| Similar Artists |
Garth Brooks, Tim Mcgraw |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
My Town
My town, it?s a drive-on-by town
It?s an if-you?re-going-60-you?ll-miss-it-if-you-blink-your-eye town
It?s a bunch of little houses and a bank and a grocery, nothing much special to see
But my town is the only town for me.
I moved to the city for a couple of years but I could never call it home
Funny how so many people can make you feel so alone
I guess they got some pretty nice women there beneath the perfume and the paint
But you never know which ones are and which ones ain?t
It sure ain?t like
My town, it?s a folks-say-hi town
It?s a kids-on-bikes and a flags-on-the-Fourth-of-July town
You can come around for some lemonade and visit ?neath a big shade tree
That?s why my town is the only town for me
I came back home and married Mary Jo, I?ve known her since I was four
The sweetest girl in the whole wide world and she was livin? right next door
The best things in life are like that, sittin? right under your nose
You go chasin? daisies when you?re already holding a rose
And that goes for
My town, it?s an average-guy town
A get-married-settle-down-have-kids-and-eventually-die town
But there?s no place I hold dear like here among friends and family
Cause my town is the only town for me.
You get you?re birthday in the paper, with a coupon for one free beer
And just about every decade, you get to be man of the year
Right here in
My town, it?s an average-guy town,
It?s a folks-say-hi town
It?s a drive-on-by town
Oh it?s my town.
© Greg Beattie 2004
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