Written by: Rick Bowles, Josh Leo
# Debut Chart
1 Mar '91 Country

Just off of the beaten path
A little dot on the state road map
That's where I was born
And where I'll die

Things move at a slower pace
Nobody's in a rat race
And these days
That's a special way of life

[CHORUS]
Down home
Where they know you by name
And treat you like family
Down home
A mans good word and a
Handshake are all you need
Folks know
If they're falling on hard times
They can fall back home
Those of us raised up down home

In the corner of the hardware store
Gathered round a checkerboard
Old men telling lies and crowning kings

Kids driving round the old town square
Cops roll down in the cool night air
Go and see what's shaking
At the Dairy Queen

[repeat CHORUS]

When I was a boy
I couldn't wait to leave this place
But now I wanna see my children raised
Down home, down home

Folks know
If they're falling on hard times
They can fall back home
Those of us raised up

[repeat CHORUS]

Down home
Way down home
Down home, down home
Way down home

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