I was raised the Lord's to thank For each and every single blessin' Lord knows I've been countin' mine There ain't no second-guessin' After all the things He gave me Sure hate to ask for more But it ain't fancy things I'm prayin' for, nah Just a life of love, a wife to kiss A couple kids, a picket fence A red-brick house, porch wrapped 'round On the edge of a little town If it's the last thing that I ever ask It's plenty more good years for Dad I'm pretty sure he'd probably like to see How a boy like me ends up turnin' out Chasin' down these down-home dreams (Chasin' down these down-home dreams) Used to hope that I'd go pro But eighteen came, I let that go I had bills to pay and nothin' saved So that's the way it goes But the day I lost my mama Was the day that I woke up Figured out that I don't need that much, nah Just a life of love, a wife to kiss A couple kids, a picket fence A red-brick house, porch wrapped 'round On the edge of a little town If it's the last thing that I ever ask It's plenty more good years for Dad I'm pretty sure he'd probably like to see How a boy like me ends up turnin' out Chasin' down these down-home dreams (Chasin' down these down-home dreams) Now I lay me down to sleep Thinkin' 'bout how things'll be When the man upstairs sends one down for me Life of love, a wife to kiss Couple kids, a picket fence A red-brick house, porch wrapped 'round On the edge of a little town If it's the last thing that I ever ask It's plenty more good years for Dad I'm pretty sure he'd probably like to see How a boy like me ends up turnin' out Chasin' down these down-home dreams (Chasin' down these down-home dreams) How a boy like me ends up turnin' out Chasin' down these down-home dreams