VERSE 1
The back roads of this county
Cross like the laces on my boots
And Ive been running em down
Since I was able to
I left home at nineteen,
Swore I was never coming back
Nights like this I wish
Thats where I was at
CHORUS
Slow pokin down a blacktop, cutting tires on the white rock
Theres a party on a dead end road
Were just hoping that the cops dont show
Somebody is looking for a fight
Its gonna be that kind of night
When I get too far from home
I go find me a back road
VERSE 2
I remember the summer, that I turned sixteen
I made out with a girl, in the back of her hatchback Chevrolet
And I drank my first beer, on the Louisiana state line
My first night to see the other side
CHORUS
BRIDGE
I heard em tell me, son dont forget where you came from
And I never have, and I still like to beat that drum
From the river bottoms, to the tall pine trees
It will forever be right here inside of me
CHORUS
The back roads of this county
Cross like the laces on my boots
And Ive been running em down
Since I was able to
I left home at nineteen,
Swore I was never coming back
Nights like this I wish
Thats where I was at
CHORUS
Slow pokin down a blacktop, cutting tires on the white rock
Theres a party on a dead end road
Were just hoping that the cops dont show
Somebody is looking for a fight
Its gonna be that kind of night
When I get too far from home
I go find me a back road
VERSE 2
I remember the summer, that I turned sixteen
I made out with a girl, in the back of her hatchback Chevrolet
And I drank my first beer, on the Louisiana state line
My first night to see the other side
CHORUS
BRIDGE
I heard em tell me, son dont forget where you came from
And I never have, and I still like to beat that drum
From the river bottoms, to the tall pine trees
It will forever be right here inside of me
CHORUS