Well I've been around

Since before the trains came through

Well I've seen a lot

But the first time my heart broke in two,

Was when they brought those johnson brothers back,

To their momma with a flag

Well I'm a small town

There's hundreds just like me

Yeah but I'm the one

Well you happen to be

When you learned how to ride your first bike

Up and down my street

Well you grew up

And couldn't wait to just get out

I'm a small town

Where everyone knows everyone

There ain't no secrets around here

Sonny there you love me

You hang me for everything I am

Either I hold your heart

Or I hold you down

I'm a small town

Just a dot there on the map

If you blink you miss me

Yeah well go ahead and laugh

But I'm where you kissed your first someone

I'm where you hit your last home run

I'm where you lay your grandpa in the ground

Yeah, I'm a small town

Where everyone knows everyone

There ain't no secrets around here

Sonny you love me

You hang me for everything I am

Either I hold your heart

Or I hold you down

I'm a small town

You left in a cloud of dust

Big city bound

But I never once gave up

And when you looked into that newborn angel's eyes

And it occurred

There was only one place good enough for her

Where everyone knows everyone

There ain't no secrets around here

Sonny you love me

You hang me for everything I am

Either I hold your heart

Or I hold you down

I'm a small town

I'm a small town

I'm a small town

I'm a small town

I'm a small town

Yeah I'm a small town