When I turn on the news

When I drive by a church

When I flip through a country stationWhen I see cool kids in the parking lot

Living up to their reputation

When I′m three drinks in

And some guys hittin' on a blonde three stools down

When the talk gets cheap

I cannot think about the girls in my hometown

Are they getting married?

Are they getting jaded?

When they think seventeen

Do they think of me and wonder if I made it?

Are they really happy?

Are they making daddy proud?

What makes ′em cry?

What gets 'em high?

I think about the girls in my hometown

When I see a denim jacket

When I hear a kid say a dirty word

When my faith's running low

And me and God ain′t on the best of terms

When I′m out with someone, and we lose our buzz

And the conversation dies out

I go home by myself, and I cannot think about

The girls in my hometown

Are they getting married?

Are they getting jaded?

When they think seventeen

Do they think of me and wonder if I made it?

Are they really happy?

Are they making daddy proud?

What makes 'em cry?

What gets ′em high?

I think about the girls in my hometown

When I hear the song "Strawberrry Wine"

I think about all of the fences, all painted white

I think about falling in love, the meaning of life

I think about the girls in my hometown

Are they getting married?

Are they getting jaded?

Am I bright in their mind like it's summertime

Or just a little faded?

Are they really happy?

Are they making daddy proud?

In the back of my mind

Did they get it right?

I think about the girls in my hometown

What makes ′em cry?

What gets 'em high?

I think about the girls in my hometown