“LAKE CITY, TENNESSEE”

[countrysongwriter1]

“LAKE CITY, TENNESSEE” I GREW UP IN A TOWN SO SMALL YOU COULD THROW A ROCK FROM END TO END WHERE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY OUGHTA TREAT YOU LIKE THEY'D WANT YOU TO TREAT THEM BACK THEN I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO LEAVE BUT I’D GIVE ANYTHING TO BE IN LAKE CITY TENNESSEETHE MOUNTAINS HAVE A HOLD ON ME,THAT I CAN’T EXPLAINITS JUST THE PLACE I WAS, BORN TO BE(CHORUS)BUT YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT WE STAND FOR,YOU MAY NOT LIKE HOW WE WALKAND YOU MIGHT NOT CARE FOR WHO WE AREOR THE WAY WE TALK,BUT WE STILL BELIEVE IN JESUS, BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO BE HERE TO SEE,IN THIS LITTLE TOWN CALLED,LAKE CITY, TENNESSEEWE STILLBELIEVE IN DOING THINGSTHE OLD FASHION WAY,LIKE RESPECTING YOUR ELDERS,LIKE A LOT PEOPLE DON’T DO TODAYWE STILL EAT BISCUITS AND GRAVY,AND CHICKEN AND DUMPLINS’ TOO,LIKE WE WERE RAISED TO DOWE STILL LOVE SWEET TEA AND ROOTIN’ FOR TENNESSEE.(CHORUS)BUT YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT WE STAND FOR,YOU MAY NOT LIKE HOW WE WALKAND YOU MIGHT NOT CARE FOR WHO WE AREOR THE WAY WE TALK,BUT WE STILL BELIEVE IN JESUS, BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO BE HERE TO SEE,IN THIS LITTLE TOWN CALLED,LAKE CITY, TENNESSEEBRIDGE:RAIN ON A TIN ROOF, WIND IN THE PINESWHIPPOORWILL CALLIN' TO A SILENT NIGHTHONEYSUCKLE VINE...FLOWERS HANGIN' DOWNJUST A FEW OF THE THINGS YOU'LL FIND INMY HOMETOWN,(CHORUS)BUT YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT WE STAND FOR,YOU MAY NOT LIKE HOW WE WALKAND YOU MIGHT NOT CARE FOR WHO WE AREOR THE WAY WE TALK,BUT WE STILL BELIEVE IN JESUS, BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO BE HERE TO SEE,IN THIS LITTLE TOWN CALLED,LAKE CITY, TENNESSEEBUT WE STILL BELIEVE IN JESUS, BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO BE HERE TO SEE,IN THIS LITTLE TOWN CALLED,LAKE CITY, TENNESSEE