Outside the City

I came from a little, small town

Under the shadow of Smoky mountains

And you can’t tell me there’s a more beautiful place

Don’t care for the concrete jungle

I’d rather dance all night underneath the sky

In place of a movie

I’ll stare at the stars, like it’s God’s face starin’ back at me

I was born and raised outside the city

I was born and raised outside the city

Got a friend who lives off the Blue Ridge

A jewel in the middle of the Carolinas

Where the trees are green and the valleys smell so sweet

Don’t care for the hustle and bustle

Sometimes I just gotta get away

So I go and get lost in the wild, wild Cherokee

I was born and raised outside the city

I was born and raised outside the city

I was born and raised outside the city

I was born and raised outside the city

Been through the lower 48

And even eastern Canada, eh

But my heart stays in the place where I was raised

There’s beauty in the world all around, but we tend to idolize the stuff we made and we found

So many times God will take us out into wilderness to show us His good grace

I was born and raised outside the city

I was born and raised outside the city

I was born and raised outside the city

I was born and raised outside the city

There is freedom

There is freedom

There is freedom outside