Born Here Live Here Die Here

Album: Born Here Live Here Die Here (2020)
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Songfacts®:

  • Luke Bryan was born and raised in the rural Georgia town of Leesburg. Here, he shares his pride for his hometown with lyrics about riding the same roads and working the same dirt as his father and grandfather before him.
  • Jameson Rodgers, Josh Thompson and Jake Mitchell penned the nostalgic song. Though Bryan hadn't contributed to the writing, he immediately identified with the lyrics.

    "The second I heard 'Born Here Live Here Die Here' it related to me - how I grew up, how I have so many roots and so many ties to my hometown, and being tied to your hometown is very important in country music," Bryan told People.
  • The song is the title track of Luke Bryan's seventh studio album; its chorus namechecks the singer's summer 2020 Proud to Be Right Here Tour.
  • Though Bryan didn't write the song, he has previously penned material about hunting and fishing in his hometown area. On "Muckalee Creek" he recalls his childhood days catching crawfish in the titular creek and running down squirrels and rabbits in the nearby woods."Huntin,' Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day" is about Bryan pursuing his two favorite activities around Leesburg's Flint River.
  • Luke Bryan left Georgia to chase his dreams in Nashville a long time ago, but he still thinks about his friends back home, which is why he wanted to record this song. "I watch them living their life, enjoying the rivers and the lake and the woods," he explained to the Los Angeles Times. "They ask me, 'What's Manhattan like? What's LA like?' But they don't want any part of that - they just want to hear about it from me."
  • Ultimately, Bryan believes "the song conveys a message that's at the heart of country music. "It just pays homage to so many people that live that kind of life," he reflected to ABC Audio, "where they love to wake up, drink their coffee, go put in a hard day's work, swing by the gas station, get 'em a six-pack of beer."

    "Go home," he continued, "watch some baseball, football, and start it all over. And that's what country music is all about."
  • According to co-writer Jameson Rodgers, the song reminds him of his hometown of Batesville, Mississippi. The singer-songwriter thought about keeping the song for himself and admits, "I still kinda miss that one."

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