When I passed that city limit sign

I knew that I was finally on my own

So I put my foot down on the gas

To see how fast those wheels could get me going

Everything about that place made me who I am

But they say once you leave you can't go back again

So I took it with me that cloud of red dust rolling up

That georgia blue sky, setting sun, straight up highway forty-one

I took it with me that wild street, that fighting size

That born to run on friday night

That standing tall small town pride

I took it with me

They say this world can change you fast

Kick you right on back where you belong

So I rolled my sleeves up every day

That's just what you do where I come from

Everything I ever knew I bottled up inside

What I'd leave your side at back home, it ain't hard to find

So I took it with me that cloud of red dust rolling up

That georgia blue sky, setting sun, straight up highway forty-one

I took it with me that wild street, that fighting size

That born to run on friday night

That standing tall small town pride

I took it with me

I might be a thousand miles away

But it's still crystal clear

I see that picture in my mind

I keep it right here

So I took it with me that cloud of red dust rolling up

That georgia blue sky, setting sun, straight up highway forty-one

I took it with me that wild street, that fighting size

That born to run on friday night

That standing tall small town pride

I took it with me

Yeah, yeah

I took it with me!

Oh, I took it with me