Where I Come From - Alan Jackson

Well I was rollin’wheels and shiftin’gears

'Round that Jersey Turnpike

When Barney stopped me with his gun

Ten minutes after midnight

Said sir you broke the limit in that rusty ol’truck

I don’t know about that accent son

Just where do you come from

I said where I come from

It’s cornbread and chicken

Where I come from a lotta front porch sittin'

Where I come from tryin’to make a livin'

And workin’hard to get to heaven

Where I come from

Well I was south of Detroit City

I pulled in this country kitchen

To try their brand of barbecue

The sign said finger-lickin'

Well I paid the tab and the lady asked me How’d I like my biscuit

I’ll be honest with you ma’am

It ain’t like mama fixed it

'Cause where I come from

It’s cornbread and chicken

Where I come from a lotta front porch pickin'

Where I come from tryin’to make a livin'

Workin’hard to get to heaven

Where I come from

I was chasin’sun on 101

Somewhere around Ventura

I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger

This tall lady stopped and asked

If I had plans for dinner

Said no thanks ma’am, back home

We like the girls that sing soprano

'Cause where I come from

It’s cornbread and chicken

Where I come from a lotta front porch sittin'

Where I come from tryin’to make a livin'

Workin’hard to get to heaven

Where I come from

Well I was headed home on 65

Somewhere around Kentucky

The CB rang for a bobtail rig

That’s rollin’on like thunder

Well I answered him and he asked me Aren’t you from out in Tulsa

No, but you might have seen me there

I just dropped a load of salsa

Where I come from it’s cornbread and chicken

Where I come from a lotta back porch pickin'

Where I come from tryin’to make a livin'

Workin’hard to get to heaven

Where I come from

Where I come from

Yeah where I come from

A lotta front porch sitting

Starin’up at heaven

Where I come from

Where I come from

Tryin’to make a livin'

Tryin’to make a livin'

Oh, where I come from

Where I come from

Yeah, where I come from

Get back down there sometime

Where I come from