Where I Come From
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Well I was rollin? wheels and shiftin? gears round that Jersey Turnpike
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When Barney stopped me with his gun ten minutes after midnight
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Said sir you broke the limit in that rusty ol? truck
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I don?t know about that accent son, just where do you come from?
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I said where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
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Where I come from lot of front porch sittin?
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Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
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Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from
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Well I was south of Detroit city, pulled in this country kitchen
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To try their brand of barbeque the sign said finger lickin?
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Well I paid the tab and the lady asked me how?d I like my biscuit
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I?ll be honest with you ma?am it ain?t like mama fixed it
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Cause where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
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Where I come from lot of front porch pickin?
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Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
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Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from
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I was chasin? sun on 101 somewhere around Ventura
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I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger
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This tall lady stopped and asked if I had plans for dinner
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Said no thanks ma?am, back home we like the girls that sing soprano
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Cause where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
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Where I come from lot of front porch sittin?
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Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
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Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from
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Well I was headed home on 65 somewhere around Kentucky
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The CB rang for a bobtail rig that?s rollin? on like thunder
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Well I answered him and he asked me aren?t you from out in Tulsa
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No, but you might?a seen me there I just dropped a load of salsa
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Where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
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Where I come from lot of front porch sittin?
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Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
B7 A E
Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from
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Lick starts
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I said where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
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Where I come from lot of back porch pickin?
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Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
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Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from
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Where I come from, where I come from
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Yeah, where I come from a lot of front porch sittin?
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Starin? up at heaven where I come from
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Where I come from, where I come from
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tryin? to make a livin? Oh where I come from