Arkansas

Rows and rows of
Blacks and Yellows in the tall grass
By a highway
that don't see too many cars pass
the hills roll gently
down by the church that saved my soul
just a mile from
the only home I've ever known
My first kiss is in that old tin barn
they old hey loft helped me break my arm
I can't remember if I cried at all
I miss you Arkansas

There ain't no sidewalks
up on highway 24
there ain't no stop lights
there ain't much worth stopping for
that old swing was out on Papa's porch
it's been gone now for years of course
Nothin' like it in the fall
I miss you Arkansas

(Bridge)
I know it's rare
I know what I had
That barbed wire garden made me
most of who I am

This Concrete empire
Outside my window frame tonight
Can't hold a bonfire
like an Ozark mountain campsite
The lights of Broadway they called me out
I came out here to make you proud.
I know you'll catch me if I fall
I miss you Arkansas
I miss you Arkansas
I miss you