College Town

Daddy threw a hammer, Mama taught her to drink She's a first-generation homecoming queen Got a mailbox letter, gonna make 'em all proud She's the first one to make it to a college town (college town) Boyfriend throws a ball, he's got a hell of an arm He'll be a first-string freshman, fresh off the farm They already named their babies, got a ring picked out As if they stand a chance against college town She knows that all goin' in, not a thing comin' out She's got the world in her hands for years to find out How to dress up and mess up and wake up drunk on a couch She'll get a heartbreak degree when love lets her down They don't teach you in school what you learn in a college town She'll come home for Christmas and cut off her hair Got a whole new opinion, her parents don't share They'll put her in a place, they'll put her feet on the ground She's on the first two-lane back to that college town She knows that all goin' in, not a thing comin' out She's got the world in her hands for years to find out How to dress up and mess up and wake up drunk on a couch And she'll change her major, she's a poli-sci now They don't teach you in school what you learn in a college town There's some new inhibitions and finding your voice, yeah She's makin' real big decisions, makin' out with the boys She's makin' all kinds of noise She knows that all goin' in, not a thing comin' out She's got the world in her hands for years to find out How to dress up and mess up and wake up drunk on a couch She'll get a real crash-course in what real life's about They don't teach you in school what you learn in a college town Ooh, yeah, yeah Ooh, yeah, yeah Ooh, yeah, yeah Ooh, yeah, yeah