Story Behind The Song
It's about longing for the small farm town life of my youth over my current city life.
Song Description
This is a song about the small farm town (population 5000) in which I grew up. In fact, the population of the entire (large) county is only 22,000. It's a song about how small town life can actually be much more complex than city life because in a city a person can "disappear". In a small town, they can't.
| Song Length |
3:49 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Enchanting |
Subject |
Home, Philosophy |
| Similar Artists |
Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
BUMPKINVILLE by Roger Lehman
I grew up in a two stop light town,
With no idea I'd ever be big city bound,
All the cars, people and traffic, I've had my fill,
I think I'm ready to go back to Bumpkinville,
There's nothing in a city that there ain't more of in a small town,
People everywhere act the same when the sun goes down,
Some think the city is more violent and has a harder core,
But but things happen in a small town that don't make the evening news report,
Some city people think small towners don't have a clue,
I can tell ya that small towners know a thing or two,
City slicks, small town hicks are really the same, go figure,
And a city ain't really nothing but a small town that's a whole lot bigger,
But a small town has a memory that is ages old,
While a city forgets yesterday's news shortly after it's told,
And your small town friends will stick with you your whole life,
Sometimes your city friends all scatter with the morning light,
I grew up in a two stop light town,
With no idea I'd ever be big city bound,
All the cars, people and traffic, I've had my fill,
I think I'm ready to go back to Bumpkinville,
c.2008 - Roger Lehman
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