When I passed that city limit sign
I knew that I was finally on my own
So I put my foot down on the gas
To see how fast those wheels could get me going
Everything about that place made me who I am
But they say once you leave you can't go back again

So I took it with me: That cloud of red dust rolling up
That georgia blue sky, setting sun, straight up highway forty-one
I took it with me: That wild street, that fighting size
That born to run on friday night
That standing tall small town pride
I took it with me

They say this world can change you fast
Kick you right on back where you belong
So I rolled my sleeves up every day
That's just what you do where I come from

Everything I ever knew I bottled up inside
What I'd leave your side at back home, it ain't hard to find
So I took it with me: That cloud of red dust rolling up
That georgia blue sky, setting sun, straight up highway forty-one
I took it with me: That wild street, that fighting size
That born to run on friday night
That standing tall small town pride
I took it with me

I might be a thousand miles away
But it's still crystal clear
I see that picture in my mind
I keep it right here
So I took it with me: That cloud of red dust rolling up
That georgia blue sky, setting sun, straight up highway forty-one
I took it with me: That wild street, that fighting size
That born to run on friday night
That standing tall small town pride
I took it with me

Yeah, yeah
I took it with me!
Oh, I took it with me