♪ ♪ Sun is up and I'm on the rise ♪ ♪ Head to work but I'm feeling fine ♪ ♪ Seems like everybody that I know has come around ♪ ♪ What just a small town ♪ ♪ When Al and John and I were kids ♪ ♪ I did what a younger brother did ♪ ♪ I would watch them chase rattlers from the ground ♪ ♪ And I prayed they'd never leave this town ♪ ♪ But Al and John went to Iraq ♪ ♪ When Al came home he held my mother's hand ♪ ♪ As the church bells rang the whole crowd broke down ♪ ♪ We were in a small town ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ When my work is done and the moon comes up ♪ ♪ I'm gonna call the preacher's daughter and start my truck ♪ ♪ Everybody but the preacher knows where we're bound ♪ ♪ But ain't no one talkin' since my brother went down ♪ ♪ We're gonna cross the strip to the liquor store ♪ ♪ We're gonna pass the party on the river shore ♪ ♪ Tonight she says she wants higher ground ♪ ♪ Way above the lights of our hometown ♪ ♪ And I wonder if she will be my wife ♪ ♪ And the preacher he'll swear that we've done it right ♪ ♪ But if he could hear tonight these sounds ♪ ♪ Love in a small town ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well, I don't guess that I'll ever see ♪ ♪ Paris, Rome, or NYC ♪ ♪ This strip and the river, that's where I'm found ♪ ♪ We're just a small town ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ We're just a small town ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ We're just a small town ♪ ♪♪♪