ain t what it used to be

Billy Currington

That backward town in my rearview
Was gonna be my whole world
Till my factory job got shipped to Mexico
And a city boy stole my sweet girl

I used to know everybody by name
Everybody s moved away
Can t say that I m really wantin to go
But I ve run out of reasons to stay

This ain t nothin like what I
Had in mind for me
But then again my future
Ain t what it used to be

I thought like my dad and his daddy before
That I would die where I was born
Live in a small town dream in a big backyard
Raisin babies and corn

Now here I am, one eye on the road
Tryin to read the map on the dash
Nowhere close to making up my mind
With a fork in the road comin fast

This ain t nothin like what I
Had in mind for me
But then again my future
Ain t what it used to be

This ain t nothin like what I
Had in mind for me
But then again my future
Ain t what it used to be

That backward town in my rearview
Was gonna be my whole world