Chapter one Learn to crawl Learn to walk Learn to play a little ball Make some friends Learn to bend that little six-string Yamaha Got a truck hand-me-down Drove around 'til graduation day Didn't have too much to say Then I saw your blue eyes And you smile back at me Just a matter of time 'Til I was down on one knee It was just black-and-white Then it all came to light When I met you that night That's when I started to write The small-town story of my life Chapter two Said, "I do" Then we flew around the world on our honeymoon Chapter three Found a piece of ground Little house with a tin roof Chapter four Hung a swing out on the porch Baby I can't wait to write a hundred more Since I saw your blue eyes And you smiled back at me Just a matter of time 'Til I was down on one knee It was just black-and-white Then it all came to light When I met you that night That's when I started to write The small-town story of my life I was just the same boy in the same town Doing the same old things Wasn't nothing but some words on a page 'Til I saw your blue eyes And you smiled back at me Just a matter of time 'Til I was down on one knee It was just black-and-white Then it all came to light When I met you that night That's when I started to write The small-town story of my life Whoa oh You're the small-town story of my life Yeah Chapter five The dog arrives Chapter six Are we talking kids? We're gonna have to see Gonna have to read The small-town story The small-town story of my life