Oh country roads swerving Singing along to the roustabouts I'll never forget where I came from Misdirected youth passionately devout To the city I hold dearly But everyone talks shit about And I hear talks about leaving Me, I never wanted out I'd rather stay and make something out of this town We'll write our names in gasoline and burn them into the world Never thinking about what we would become We were young impressionable kids Didn't know any better, didn't know any better than this And our dreams they were our future And as far as I can see we'll be whatever we choose to be We'll shake our fists at the morning sun Singing "glory glory hallelujah!" And I would give anything to feel the way I did back then And I hear talks about leaving But I never wanted out I'd rather stay and make something out of this town We'll write our names in gasoline and burn them into the world Never thinking about what we would become We were young impressionable kids Didn't know any better, didn't know any better than this And our dreams they were our future And as far as I can see we'll be whatever we choose to be We'll be whatever we choose to be