Population 4000 Minus 1

I'm proud of my history, proud of my home

But there comes a time in a young boy's life

When he feels he's got to roam

Daddy says I'm crazy, Mama thinks I'm naive

But if I don't do it now then I'll never leave

'Cause I've driven every back road in this part of the state

Ain't a girl in my graduation class that I didn't date

Tried everything on the menu down at Fiddler's Bar & Grill

I got a taste for something this town will never fill

There's a great big world out there for me to see

I might sail a boat to China, chase dreams in Tennessee

Right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do

Tell my friends goodbye

Drive these streets for one last time

Change that city limit sign

To "Population 4000 Minus 1"

Gonna see the bright lights, gonna make my mark

So many things I've got to do I don't know where to starts

Play cards in Vegas, walk the beach at Malibu

Learn a few things that I never knew

There's a great big world out there for me to see

Might play for the '49ers, Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do

Tell my friends goodbye

Drive these streets for one last time

Change that city limit sign

To "Population 4000 Minus 1"

Now I'm stuck in New York City, staring at these walls

Thinking how the grass out here ain't that green at all

Ain't that green at all

There's a great big world out there for me to see

I might wed a farmers daughter and raise a family

Right now the clock is ticking, just a few things I gotta do

Tell my friends goodbye

Ride that subway one last time

Change that city limit sign

To "Population 12 Million Minus 1"

To "Population 12 Million Minus 1"

Coming home, coming home