there s a lot of small towns in this world just like the one that i came from where any dream you have is just a dream it ain t nothin that can truly be done well i m gonna tell yall a little story about the day i set out to leave as i was loadin up and sayin my goodbyes some redneck einstein said to me well i see ya packed up your suitcase and i seen ya throw it in the truck headed off to the big town are ya heh well son i wish ya luck now i don t mean to bust your bubble but boy the way you re thinking s wrong go on out and chase that foolish dream of yours heh you ll be back before too long cause you a plowboy you ain t no city boy yeah you were born with dirty hands yeah you a plowboy you re thinking silly boy just tryin to make ya understand what you better do is put them over alls back on go on out and fix that old barn door keep your far fetched fantasies to yourself and fetch a load of feed down at the country store better yet go on have at it go see how high you can fly but you best be back when that green leaf comes back in boy we re gonna need your help come july cause you a plowboy you ain t no city boy yeah you were born with dirty hands yeah you a plowboy you re thinking silly boy just tryin to make ya understand well now here i am a few years later i ve come a long way from that old farm i ve got stocks and bonds and a house with a cement pump got a genuine rolex on my arm well i d like to ask him what the taste of crow is like an see him face the fact that he was wrong ya see i always knew where i was headed but i never forgot where i was from yeah i m a plowboy i ain t no city boy oh i was born with dirty hands look at me now boy sure is a pity boy i couldn t make ya understand go milk that cow boy and that wood needs splittin boy and you best get back to balin hay yeah i m a plow boy well now look who s silly boy from now on be careful what you say ya hear yeah yeah