Tim McGraw – Where the Green Grass Grows, is a song written by Jess Leary and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on July 13, 1998 as the fifth single from McGraw’s Everywhere album. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and peaked at number seventy-nine on the Hot 100. It also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying it is “tightly produced, with an instantly recognizable opening fiddle.” He went on to say that the lyrics are “cleverly constructed” and “brilliantly contrasted.”
Tim McGraw – Where the Green Grass Grows
From the album Everywhere
Released July 13, 1998
Genre Country
Length 3:21
Label Curb
Songwriter(s)
Jess LearyCraig Wiseman
Producer(s) Byron Gallimore Tim McGraw James Stroud
COUNTRYPEDIA
Tim McGraw – Where the Green Grass Grows Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Six lanes, taillights
Red ants marchin’ into the night
They disappear to the left and right again
Another supper from a sack
A ninety-nine cent heart attack
I got a poundin’ head and an achin’ back
And the camel’s buried in a big straw stack
[Chorus]
I’m gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord’s blessed
Point our rockin’ chairs towards the west
And plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows
[Verse 2]
Well I’m from a map dot
A stop sign on a black top
I caught the first bus I could hop from there
But all of this glitter is a-gettin’ dark
There’s concrete growin’ in the city park
I don’t know who my neighbors are
And there’s bars on the corners and bars on my heart
[Chorus]
I’m gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord’s blessed
Point our rockin’ chairs towards the west
And plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows
[Chorus]
I’m gonna live where the green grass grows
Watchin’ my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord’s blessed
Point our rockin’ chairs towards the west
And plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows
GENIUS
