A heartfelt tribute to the small town of Lexington, this bluegrass song captures complex emotions about returning home after many years. With a blend of nostalgia and reluctant memories, it reflects the singer's mixed feelings of love, dread, and the struggle of being recognized in a place they once called home, but ultimately chose to leave behind.
Verse 1:
There's a little town going nowhere,
Lexington's the name, you know it well.
Grandaddy was the big man in town,
Everybody knew me, but I didn’t know them.
Afraid of being recognized,
Don’t want to remember, don’t want to forget.
Chorus:
From the sale barn down south to the north side of town,
People would come from miles around.
From the north to the south, from the east to the west,
Oh Lexington, you’re the place I like best.
Verse 2:
When I go back, the place just ain’t the same,
I hope nobody there remembers my name.
If anybody recognizes me, won’t that be a shame?
The kids I knew back then, just ghosts in my brain.
Chorus:
From the co-op to the city limits, dear,
The faces all know me, but I drown in my fear.
Faded memories of Church Street nights,
Longing for the days when it just felt right.
Bridge:
There’s a place that I go once or twice a year,
I love it and dread it when I have to come back here.
High School days, they whisper and grin,
But deep down inside, I know I won’t fit in.
Verse 3:
When I leave town, I’m a stranger no more,
With my city boy dreams and the life I adore.
But the county schools remind me of who I was,
Caught in the middle of the small town buzz.
Chorus:
Oh Lexington, the memories remain,
Walmart and the city pool, where I felt the pain.
They call me a city boy, though I came from the ground,
Oh, the tales they tell, just echoes around.
Outro:
As I drive away past the broad street lights,
I’ll carry my heart, nestled tight in the nights.
Though I'm far from the farm and the struggles I knew,
My heart's in Lexington, but I must say adieu.
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Bluegrass song about Lexington
Little town going nowhere
Grandaddy was the big man in town
Everybody knew me but I didn’t know them
Afraid of being recognized
Don’t Want to remember, don’t want to forget
From the sale barn down south to the north side of town.
People would come from Myles around
From the north to the south, from the east to the west
Oh Lexington, you’re the place I like best
Prompt: a song about the singer’s hometown , which they left and never returned to. It’s in the style of a heartfelt tribute to the town they love, but actually it’s full of backhanded compliments that are actually veiled insults, explaining the singers reasons for leaving the town in the first place.
Rhyme idea: shame, and name, or same.
When I go back the place just ain’t the same, I hope nobody there remembers my name. If anybody recognizes me won’t that be a shame
Roughly to the tune of sharecropper’s son.
The singer has left the town many years ago, and only comes back occasionally to visit family. They don’t keep in touch with any of their old friends, and live in fear of somebody recognizing them and saying hello. They’re afraid that somebody will recognize them, but they won’t recognize the person, and it’ll be embarrassing.
There’s a place that I go once or twice a year.
I love it and dread it when I have to come back here.
The people all know me, but I don’t know them.
Something something something rhymes with them
Things and places to reference:
Start a bulleted list: sale barn, Grecia, Lexington, high school, the city limits, the co-op, the county, county schools, Caywood, Church Street, Broad Street, Walmart, big star , the city pool, first Baptist Church, daddy‘s farm,
Having to go work on the farm, even though I hated it.
Being called a city boy, even though I live in a small town.
Being a small town that doesn’t feel like a small town. It doesn’t have the quaint court square small town feel that you see in shows and books, but it’s also not a major city or close to a major city
Being 100 miles from the Airport
Court, Square
bill monroe