I never thought that this is where Id settle down
I thought Id die an old man back in my hometown
They gave me this plot of land
Me and some other men
For a job well done
Theres a big white house, sits on a hill, just up the road
The man inside, he cried the day they brought me home
They folded up a flag
And told my mom and dad
Were proud of your son

Down the street, up the drive
Park the car, step outside
Across the lawn, up the stairs
On the porch, I'm getting there

Key in the lock, through the door
Down the hall I've walked so many times before
I'm dog-tired, but I don't care
Bedroom door, I'm getting there

She's got a hundred candles burning
She's got next-to-nothing on, yeah, yeah

Chorus:
Baby, I'm home

Troubled soul, all alone
I can feel your sadness
The hearache and the madness

Are hittin' hard tonight
You're cornered up and hunkered down
The walls are tall around you
For anyone to break through
It's gonna be a fight

[chorus]
Bring it on, bring it on
All your heartache and frustration
You've been done wrong too long
And I'm strong enough to change it

Look at you sittin' on that tailgate
All barefoot, beautiful and brown-eyed
Just watchin' you breathin's blowin' me away
All I can think about tonight

Somebody find me a preacher
Somebody find me a man with a Bible who can tie a knot
I know what I got, I know who I love
Track him down, wake him up
Right here, right now in this Tennessee dirt
No long white dress, no little white church

Turn it up some
Alright boys, this is her favorite song
You know that right
So, if we play it good and loud
She might get up and dance again
Ooh, she put her beer down
Here she comes
Here she comes
Left left left right left
Whoo

Husslers shootin' eightball
Throwin' darts at the wall
Feelin' damn near 1

I cannot be bitter
Even when the tears fall
Though I had to let you go
My heart knows
I learned how tho love from you

You found something hiding
I did not know was missing
An unlit fire down in my soul
Now my heart knows
I learned how to love from you

You loved like there never was a risk
Shared your heart with every tender kiss
Now I know how much I have to give

A car goes by and I see a face
A stranger's face in the window
And I wish it was you
I'm in a room, It's a crowded room
A friend walks up to say hello
And I wish it was you
'Cause every memory that haunts my mind
Is just another reason why

(I wish it was you)
The phone rings in the middle of the night
The doorbell in the broad daylight
A letter in the mail that I come home to

Verse I
Well they finally put that red light up in the heart of town
Took the stop sign down, it was shot up anyhow
One night I ran right through it in my Chevrolet
Both police came, but I got away

Chorus:
It was a boomtown back in '62, 'til the coal ran out
And a drought came through, and they dammed the river
That we all used to fish
Population 4

Everybody has their own idea of heaven
What kind of paradise they'll see
Pearly gates, streets of gold
No gettin' sick or growin' old
Sounds like a beautiful place to be
But as for me

My heaven
Is a wood-frame house
With a great big porch goin' all the way around
Sittin' on a swing listenin' to the sound of the birds singin'
My heaven
Is a warm summer day
In the back yard

Mama put a bible in my glove box
And a hot homemade apple pie on the passenger's seat
She said You'll always be my baby
Then she planted a kiss and a couple of tears on my cheek
Dad slipped me some travelin cash
And a map with a highlighted route on the dash
and I realized as I looked back that..

They weren't just sayin' good bye
There weren't just seein' me off

Songs About Me
Trace Adkins

I met a guy on a Red Eye, he spotted my guitar and said Whada you do?
I said I sing for a livin. Country music mixed with a little rock and a little blues.
He said Im sorry but Ive never been crazy bout that twang and trains and hillbilly things.
Whatever made you want to sing stuff like that?
I just looked at him and laughed and said.

Cause its songs about me