Born a buckeye

Salmon patties and cornbread still graced the table

Shit fire and save the matches

I’ve unintentionally gained a little accent

Changed my state citizenship as soon as I was able

 

Papaws on both sides said goodbye Appalachia during the great migration

I didn’t anticipate that eastern Kentucky college campus would be the subject of my life’s preservation

 

More at home here than I ever was on the other side of the river

I’d have to have a real good reason to leave her

If you had one still, I’d probably go kickin’ and screamin’