Carrie Underwood

Released: November 15, 2005

Songwriter: Angelo Petraglia Trey Bruce Carrie Underwood

Producer: Mark Bright

[Verse 1]
Where sixty-nine meets forty
There's a single stop light town
And back when I was really young
A part of that burned down
On any given Friday night
We'd drive a hundred miles
Between the Sonic and the grocery store
Laughing all the while
With as many friends as I could pack, in my daddy's Ford
But I ain't in Checotah anymore

[Verse 2]
My hotel in Manhattan
Holds more people than our town
And what I just paid for dinner
Would be a down payment on a house
I'd rather be tipping cows in Tulsa
Than hailing cabs here in New York
But I ain't in Checotah anymore

[Chorus]
I'm in a world so wide
It makes me feel small sometimes
I miss the big blue skies
The Oklahoma kind

[Verse 3]
In a world of long red carpets
The bright lights of Hollywood
All the paparazzi flashing
Could make a girl feel pretty good
You can get anything you want here
Except a Walmart store
But I ain't in Checotah anymore

[Chorus]
I'm in a world so wide
It makes me feel small sometimes
I miss the big blue skies
The Oklahoma kind

[Bridge]
Where the Wildcats beat the Ironheads
Old Settler's day and the OkraFest
After prom, down at the bowling lanes
Catching crappie fish in Eufaula Lake
I ain't in Checotah anymore

[Chorus]
Oh yeah
I'm in a world so wide
It makes me feel small sometimes
I miss the big blue skies
The Oklahoma kind
But I ain't in Checotah
No, I ain't in Checotah
Oh, there's nothing like Oklahoma

[Outro]
Where sixty-nine meets forty
There's a single stoplight town

Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of six Grammy Awards, sixteen Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards and ten Academy of Country Music Awards, among several others. As a songwriter, she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Underwood is also a two-time winner of the Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year award and the first woman to win such an award twice (2009/10). Underwood was inducted into and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

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