[Verse 1]
Cactus and tumbleweeds
Creosote on the breeze
Dirt roads running along the Rio Grande
Just a West Texas map dot
With a flat mesa backdrop
Whole lotta nothing, and then you drive right past
It may not look like much
But, hey, I'll tell you what

[Chorus]
It taught me how to work hard
How to love with all my heart
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
It's where I learned to pray
And never be ashamed of
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
No, I couldn't see it before
But this place is so much more
Than just a bordertown

[Verse 2]
Couldn't wait to get gonе
To the big world way beyond
Those Circlе K Saturdays and Friday night lights
But this place wrote my story
It's still writing it for me
And it's gonna stay with me, for the rest of my life
[Chorus]
It taught me how to work hard
How to love with all my heart
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
It's where I learned to pray
And never be ashamed of
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
No, I couldn't see it before
But this place is so much more
Than just a bordertown

[Bridge]
It may not look like much
But hey it's where I'm from

[Chorus]
It taught me how to work hard
How to love with all my heart
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground
It's where I learned to pray
And never be ashamed of
The people who raised me and it makes me proud
No, I couldn't see it before
But this place is so much more
Than just a bordertown
Just a bordertown
Oh, yeah
Just a bordertown