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 side That born to run on a Friday night That standing tall small town cry 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 And 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 side That born to run on a Friday night That standing tall small town cry I took it with me I'd be a thousand miles away But it's still crystal clear I see that picture in my mind I keep 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 side That born to run on a Friday night That standing tall small town cry I took it with me Yeah, yeah I took it with me Oh I took it with me