Circles Around This Town Lyrics

I swear I don′t know how I trusted
A Montero with the AC busted
A couple bad demos on a burned CD
Would take me all the way to Tennessee
I showed up to the new apartment
First month's, last month′s, two deposits
Hadn't heard the sound of a door slam yet
Thank God I was an optimist

I drove circles around this town
Tryin' to write circles around this town
Tryna say somethin′ with meanin′
Somethin' worth singin′ about
I've been kind and I′ve been ruthless
Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
Thought when I hit it, it'd all look different
But I still got the pedal down
Drivin′ circles around this town

So many times, I thought about leavin'
Got my ass kicked tryin' to compete with
Everybody else′s ones that got away
I′m around long enough to catch a break
A couple hundred songs and the ones that finally worked
Was the one about a car and the one about a church
That I wrote

Drivin' circles around this town
Tryin′ to write circles around this town
Tryna say somethin' with meanin′
Somethin' worth singin′ about
I've been kind and I've been ruthless
Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
Thought when I hit it, it′d all look different
But I still got the pedal down
Drivin′ circles around this town
Drivin' circles around this town

Hey!

I drove circles around this town
Tryin′ to write circles around this town
Tryna say somethin' with meanin′
Somethin' worth singin′ about
I've been kind and I've been ruthless
Yeah, I got here, but the truth is
Thought when I hit it, it′d all look different
But I still got the pedal down
I still get lost, I still get found
Drivin′ circles around this town

Oh yeah