Pocahontas Proud (Album Version)

I was raised in

Pocahontas

IllinoisEverybody thought of me

As one of the boys'

Cause I'd run with the crowd that was tough

At 15, I was attending

Big O's bar

And I'd sing til' 2 am for

A half full tip jar

Spent my youth singing truth and paying dues

I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown

And I'll be damned if

I'm gonna let them down

It's the last thing

I do before they lay me in the ground

You know I'm gonna make

Pocahontas proud

Well, I knocked on every door on music row

But they looked down at me and said,"Girl, go back homeYou ain't got what we need in this town"

But they couldn't whup the fighting side of me

You know where

I come from

We don't give up easily

Overnight took all my life to be found

I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown

And I'll be damned if

I'm gonna let them down

If it's the last thing

I do before they lay me in the ground

You know I'm gonna make

Pocahontas proud,

Pocahontas proud

At 27, I had baby

GraceAnd I was born again

When I saw her sweet face

And I knew she was the greatest thing

I'd ever do

I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown

I'll be damned if

I'm gonna let them down

If it's the last thing

I do before they lay me in the ground

I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my hometown

I'll be damned if

I'm gonna let them down

If it's the last thing

I do before they lay me in the ground

Know I'm gonna make

Pocahontas proud

I was raised in

Pocahontas

IllinoisPocahontas proud

Know I'm gonna make

Pocahontas proud

Pocahontas proud

But now Pocahontas,

I love you