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Cape Fear RiverWell I was born in the valley of the Cape Fear River'Bout a thirty-minute drive to the south of Virginia A north star of this great state At least that's what the sign said In a town where you either had or you didn't My daddy worked a seven-to-five just to give me A fighting chance to make it out And not end up like him Well I ain't the man Half the man my Daddy was Half the man he wanted me to be So I packed up, cashed my chips and pointed that car east No idea where I was going, anywhere but here'd worked for me Somehow I still think I made him proud Just by getting out You either get locked up or you join the corps You work the grill at Pete's Burgers and more You buy a map and pick a spot Drive as fast as you can 'Cause fallin' down here's all too real Broken dreams and tobacco fields Hollow shells with hardened eyes That didn't make it out They're either dropped out or knocked up That high school girl that they thought they loved Now their life revolves around Diapers and DirecTV We aren't the men We aren't the men our fathers were We aren't the men they wanted us to be So I packed up, cashed my chips and pointed that car east No idea where I was going, anywhere but here'd worked for me Somehow I still think I made him proud Just by getting out Well I was born in the valley of the Cape Fear River 'Bout a thirty-minute drive to the south of Virginia The north star of this great state At least that's what the sign said |