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00:14I was raised in Pocahontas, Illinois
00:19Everybody thought of me as one of the boys
00:24Cause I'd run with the crowd, that was time
00:31At fifteen I was tending Big O's bar
00:35And I'd sing to wait for a half-full tip jar
00:40Spent my youth singing the truth, paying you
00:47I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown
00:51And I'll be damned if I'm gonna let them down
00:57It's the last thing I do before they lay me in the ground
01:04You know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud
01:08Cause I knocked on every door when you broke
01:16But they looked down at me and said
01:19Girl, go back home, you ain't got what we need
01:25In this town
01:28But they couldn't whoop a fight inside of me
01:32You know where I come from, we don't give up easily
01:39Overnight, took all my life to be found
01:45I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown
01:49And I'll be damned if I'm gonna let them down
01:54It's the last thing I do before they lay me in the ground
02:01I know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud
02:14Pocahontas proud
02:25At 27 I had baby Grace
02:30I was born again when I saw her sweet face
02:36And I knew she was the greatest thing I'd ever do
02:45I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown
02:50I'll be damned if I'm gonna let them down
02:54It's the last thing I do before they lay me in the ground
03:02I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown
03:07I'll be damned if I'm gonna let them down
03:11It's the last thing I do before they lay me in the ground
03:19I know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud
03:23I was raised in Pocahontas, Illinois
03:34Illinois
03:49Pocahontas proud
03:55I know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud
04:00I know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud
04:08Pocahontas proud
04:16Good night, whoa, whoa, whoa
04:18We love you
04:41We love you
05:10We love you