Cape Fear River - American Aquarium

Well I was born in the valley of the Cape Fear River

'Bout a thirty-minute drive to the south of Virginia

A north star of this great state

At least that’s what the sign said

In a town where you either had or you didn’t

My daddy worked a seven-to-five just to give me

A fighting chance to make it out

And not end up like him

Well I ain’t the man

Half the man my Daddy was

Half the man he wanted me to be

So I packed up, cashed my chips and pointed that car east

No idea where I was going, anywhere but here’d worked for me

Somehow I still think I made him proud

Just by getting out

You either get locked up or you join the corps

You work the grill at Pete’s Burgers and more

You buy a map and pick a spot

Drive as fast as you can

'Cause fallin' down here’s all too real

Broken dreams and tobacco fields

Hollow shells with hardened eyes

That didn’t make it out

They’re either dropped out or knocked up

That high school girl that they thought they loved

Now their life revolves around

Diapers and DirecTV

We aren’t the men

We aren’t the men our fathers were

We aren’t the men they wanted us to be

So I packed up, cashed my chips and pointed that car east

No idea where I was going, anywhere but here’d worked for me

Somehow I still think I made him proud

Just by getting out

Well I was born in the valley of the Cape Fear River

'Bout a thirty-minute drive to the south of Virginia

The north star of this great state

At least that’s what the sign said