There they were, a group of six, sitting one row above me, throwing popcorn at each other and screaming answers from the questionnaire game being played on the screen. And right when I walked into the theater, it didn’t take long for me to find them. Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against kids, but under the “kid” category comes the occasional over-confident, obnoxious middle-school teeny-boppers. When my mom and I decided to go see the new "Beauty and The Beast", I knew that, because it was a Disney movie featuring the amazingly-talented Emma Watson, the theater would be filled with kids. My latest experience at the movie theater was nothing short of horrendous. “Ain’t it funny how it all comes back around? I remember when I couldn’t wait to get out of her hair and ditch this town I was restless and time to move on. I miss those small town routes, walkin' around in muddy boots and the sound of rain on an old tin roof." 35. I miss being somebody everybody knows there, everybody knows everybody. “I miss a little dirt on the road I miss corn growin’ in a row. “ Meanwhile Back at Mama's” by Tim McGraw Sweet tea, pecan pie, and homemade wine, where the peaches grow." 34. Well, I was raised up beneath the shade of a Georgia pine and that’s home, you know. “Cold beer on a Friday night, a pair of jeans that fit just right, and the radio up. “I told her way up yonder past the caution light, there’s a little country store with an old Coke sign you gotta stop in and ask Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea." 33. Pick a backyard football team, and not do much of anything.” 32. "Go home into your blue jeans have some chicken and some baked beans. “ That’s What I Love About Sunday” by Craig Morgan Tie a yellow ribbon on a tree to say 'thank you.'" 31. "Girls will outdrink ya, boys will out hank ya. Nobody leaves unless they leave forever." "In this kind of town, people stay together. You hide your smile and say anywhere but with him, ‘cause you know when she was seventeen she was doing the same damn thing.” 30. “Time feels like it’s always on our side, so we fill it up with midnight drives and lies to your mama when she asks you where you’ve been. “Backroads are boggin’ up, my buddies pile up in my truck, we hunt our hunnies down, we take ‘em into town, and start washin’ all our worries down the drain.” 29. "You can break the back, but you can’t break the spirit of a small town Southern man.” 28. “Callous hands told the story for this small town Southern man." “ Small Town Southern Man” by Alan Jackson I ain’t ashamed, matter of fact, I’m damn proud of the way I talk." 27. “It’s 'Yessir, no ma’am, y’all come back now.' Fighting words if you run my last name down. The king in the can and the Marlboro man." 26. ![]() Jump the barbwire, spread the word, light the bonfire, then call the girls. “Back in the day, pop’s farm was the place to go. We’re a drinking town with a football problem with two main things we all have in common: we love ‘em both and don’t want to solve ‘em.” Went to state in nineteen-four we got a trophy in the school hallway the kids pass it by each day. “We still tell the same old story, relive former glory. “Drinking Town with a Football Problem” by Billy Currington “Unless it’s got a dirt road leading down to a fishing hole, with a little piece of moonlight, a couple cans of Bud Light, where I can cuddle with my baby and I can pull her real close no, I don’t wanna go unless heaven’s got a dirt road.” 24. I sure hope that ain't beer in those cups, 'cause our star quarterback is turnin' them up." 23. It’s too early for school to let out, and the Pastor's boy just threw a cigarette out. It’s where we loved, lived, and learned a lot of stuff. “There ain’t a corner of this hallowed ground that we ain’t laughed or cried on. I’ve got everything I need and nothin’ that I don’t.”Ģ1. I live in a small town where it feels like home. “I got some good friends that live down the street, got a good lookin’ woman with her arms ‘round me.
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