[Verse 1]
Got mud on my boots in a high-rise stairwell
Farm cap tilted on a subway ride
Mama still prays for me back in them hills, yeah
I’m out here chasing that electric sky
Cornfield heart in a crosswalk hurry
Panhandle soul in a taxicab seat
Still say “ma’am” to the coffee shop worker
Tip my brim on a one-way street (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m just a modern day country boy in a concrete jungle
Pick-up dreams parked under all this steel and glass
Got that small-town drawl in the middle of the morning rumble
Turn this city block into my pasture of broken asphalt
I’m a modern day country boy in a concrete jungle
And I ain’t looking back when I hit that gas
[Verse 2]
Yeah, I grew up on wells and gravel
Now it’s fountains, marble, valet line
But I still keep that tackle box Bible
Page corners folded, red dirt spine
Snapback, flannel, boots on the sidewalk
They stare when I spit that “y’all”
But when I drop that verse ’bout barn dust halos
Whole room feels that country call (let’s go)
[Chorus]
I’m just a modern day country boy in a concrete jungle
Pick-up dreams parked under all this steel and glass
Got that small-town drawl in the middle of the morning rumble
Turn this city block into my pasture of broken asphalt
I’m a modern day country boy in a concrete jungle
And I ain’t looking back when I hit that gas
[Bridge]
Front porch heart on a rooftop evening
Tailgate talk on a balcony rail
If you hear that twang through the alleyway echo
That’s just a backroad kid on the downtown trail (yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m just a modern day country boy in a concrete jungle
Pick-up dreams parked under all this steel and glass
Got that small-town drawl in the middle of the morning rumble
Turn this city block into my pasture of broken asphalt
I’m a modern day country boy in a concrete jungle
And I ain’t looking back when I hit that gas (when I hit that gas)