Dear Big City

Dear big city, I know you're busy

Don't worry 'bout writing me back

I know you don't know me from Adam

Need a second if he had one

Have some favors that I have to ask

There's a boy in an off-white F-150

On a pedal heavy headed your way

I've known him since he was a kid

And just like you, he's gotten big

And doesn't know that I've been dreading this day

When he gets there, can you make sure that he lands on his feet?

And find some friends out at a bar that like his cowboy boots

If there's a girl you got that feels a lot like home, let him meet

Give him some room to grow, but please just don't pull out his roots

He needed more than I had to make his dreams all come true

That's why I'm passing the torch and leaving that up to you

But could you do me a solid?

Piss him off every so often so that he comes back around

Dear big city, signed sincerely, small town

His mama's going crazy

He's my buddy, he's her baby

Can you make sure that he makes some time to call?

I know your bars got fancy screens

But if Baton Rouge has a team worth watching

Can we borrow him this fall?

I promise that if you can give me that

I'll load him up with cheaper gas and send him back

When he gets there, can you make sure that he lands on his feet?

And find some friends out at a bar that like his cowboy boots

If there's a girl you got that feels a lot like home, let him meet

Give him some room to grow, but please just don't pull out his roots

He needed more than I had to make his dreams all come true

That's why I'm passing the torch and leaving that up to you

But could you do me a solid?

Piss him off every so often so that he comes back around

Dear big city, signed sincerely, small town

P.S., he'll always have a home in B.F

Even if he don't come back anytime soon

I hope you love him just like I do

When he gets there, can you make sure that he lands on his feet?

And find some friends out at a bar that like his cowboy boots

If there's a girl you got that feels a lot like home, let him meet

Give him some room to grow, but please just don't pull out his roots

He needed more than I had to make his dreams all come true

That's why I'm passing the torch and leaving that up to you

But could you do me a solid?

Piss him off every so often so that he comes back around

Dear big city, signed sincerely, small town