BUMPKINVILLE (by Roger Lehman)

I grew up in a two stop light town,
With no idea I'd ever be big city bound,
All the cars, people and traffic, I've had my fill,
I think I'm ready to go back to Bumpkinville,

There's nothing in a city that there ain't more of in a small town,
People everywhere act the same when the sun goes down,
Some think the city is more violent and has a harder core,
But things happen in a small town that don't make the evening news report,

Some city people think small towners don't have a clue,
I can tell ya that small towners know a thing or two,
City slicks, small town hicks are really all the same, go figure,
And a city ain't really nothing but a small town that's a whole lot bigger,

But a small town has a memory that is ages old,
While a city forgets yesterday's news shortly after it's told,
And your small town friends will stick with you your whole life,
Sometimes your city friends all scatter with the morning light,

I grew up in a two stop light town,
With no idea I'd ever be big city bound,
All the cars, people and traffic, I've had my fill,
I think I'm ready to go back to Bumpkinville.

c.2006 - Roger Lehman
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