I Ain't in Checotah Anymore

Where 69 meets 40,

There's a single stop light town,

And back when I was really young,

A part of that burned down,

On any given Friday night,

We'd drive a hundred miles,

Between the Sonic and the Grocery Store,

Laughing all the while,

With as many friends as I could pack,

In my daddy's Ford,

But I ain't in Checotah anymore.



[Chorus 1:]

My hotel in Manhattan,

Holds more people than our town,

And what I just paid for dinner,

Would be a down payment on a house,

I'd rather be tipping cows in Tulsa,

Than hailing cabs here in New York,

But I ain't in Checotah anymore.



I'm in a world so wide,

It makes me feel small sometimes,

I miss the big blue skies,

The Oklahoma kind.



[Chorus 2:]

In a world of long red carpets,

The bright lights of Hollywood,

All the paparazzi flashing,

Could make a girl feel pretty good,

You can get anything you want here,

Except a Wal-Mart store,

But I ain't in Checotah anymore.



I'm in a world so wide,

It makes me feel small sometimes,

I miss the big blue skies,

The Oklahoma kind.



[Chorus 3:]

Where the Wildcats beat the Ironheads,

Old Settler's Day and the Okra Fest,

After prom, down at the bowling lanes,

Catching cape fish in Eufaula lake,

I ain't in Checotah anymore.



I'm in a world so wide,

It makes me feel small sometimes,

I miss the big blue skies,

The Oklahoma kind.

But I ain't in Checotah,

No I ain't in Checotah,

Oh, there's nothing like Oklahoma.



Where 69 meets 40,

There's a single stoplight town.