Grew up on a title

Learned to small even when I was fallin down

Daddy had a hard and and mama always had hope

And me and my sister couldnt wait to get out

Fell in love out of high hope

Good man for the bad year

Visions of sugarplums and boxes of roses

All my girlfriends cried and I was outta here

[chorus:]

Whoa, whoa everybody's dreamin big

Whoa, whoa everybody's just gettin by

That's how it goes in every day america

A little town with a great big light

Joey stares at a trophy

Took us all away to stay back in '85

Shining home and a dusty reminder

He felt so scared never felt so alive

We found his toys in the backyard

Daddy's boys, you know how they like to fight

When they sleep, he swears they're angels

He wouldnt trade a day for those friday nights

[chorus:]

Whoa, whoa everybody's dreamin big

Whoa, whoa everybody's just gettin by

That's how it goes in every day america

A little town with a great big light

We can laugh

We can cry

We're all just lookin for the reasons why

In a place of dark can we see the light

Either way it'll be alright

[chorus 2x:]

Whoa, whoa everybody's dreamin big

Whoa, whoa everybody's just gettin by

That's how it goes in every day america

A little town with a great big light

A little town with a great big light