� DOWN HOME � >>> WISH YOU COULD SEE THIS. STANDING ROOM ONLY RIGHT NOW HERE IN THE STUDIO BECAUSE WE'RE BACK WITH THE PERFORMANCE FROM MULTIPLATINUM COUNTRY MUSIC STAR JIMMIE ALLEN. THE SINGER, FORMER "DANCING WITH THE STARS" CONTESTANT RELEASED HIS THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, "TULIP DRIVE." WE'LL CHAT WITH HIM IN A BIT AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JIMMIE ALLEN PERFORMING "DOWN HOME." [ APPLAUSE ] � � I BET YOU'RE UP THERE MAKING NEW FRIENDS � � I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE LOVING EVERY MINUTE � � IF THERE'S A GOLDEN POND FULL OF FISH � � I BET YOU ALREADY CAUGHT EVERYTHING IN IT � � I BET YOU'RE MAKING EVERYBODY LAUGH WITH YOUR JOKES � � I KNOW YOU'RE HOLDING NOTHING BUT THE BEST KIND OF HOPE � � SHINING A LIGHT UP THERE WITH A BIG OLE SMILE � � YEAH, AND MEANWHILE � � DOWN HOME, OH, YOU KNOW MOMMA'S STILL COOKING � � THEM DOWN HOME GRITS I PROMISE I'M WORKING � � WITH THIS GUITAR ABOUT AS HARD AS I CAN � � I MET A GIRL, BOUGHT A HOUSE, PUT A NICE LITTLE PAYMENT � � DOWN HOME IS STILL WHERE MY HEART IS � � THIS DOWN-HOME KID IS JUST HOW YOU LEFT HIM � � I STILL HATE THAT YOU'RE GONE, I WISH YOU WERE HERE � � BUT I HOPE I'M MAKING YOU PROUD � � 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE LOOKING DOWN HOME � � YEAH � � THERE AIN'T A DAY OUT HERE THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T CLIMB UP IN MY F-150 � � ON A BACK ROAD BUMPING CHARLIE PRIDE � � YEAH, EVERY SONG KEEPS YOU RIGHT HERE WITH ME � � I GOT A DAUGHTER NOW I REALLY WISH YOU'D HAVE MET � � YEAH, SHE'S WALKING NOW BUT I KNOW YOU SEE EVERY STEP � � I WEAR THE NUMBER 15 EVERY CHANCE I GET � � SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, DADDY, YOU CAN BET THAT � � DOWN HOME, OH, YOU KNOW MOMMA'S STILL COOKING � � THEM DOWN HOME GRITS � � I PROMISE I'M WORKING WITH THIS GUITAR ABOUT AS HARD AS I CAN � � I MET A GIRL, BOUGHT A HOUSE, PUT A NICE LITTLE PAYMENT � � DOWN HOME IS STILL WHERE MY HEART IS � � THIS DOWN-HOME KID IS JUST HOW YOU LEFT HIM � � I STILL HATE THAT YOU'RE GONE I WISH YOU WERE HERE � � BUT I HOPE I'M MAKING YOU PROUD 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE LOOKING DOWN HOME � � OH, YOU KNOW MOMMA'S STILL COOKING HEM DOWN HOME GRITS � � I PROMISE I'M WORKING � � WITH THIS GUITAR ABOUT AS HARD AS I CAN � � I MET A GIRL, BOUGHT A HOUSE, PUT A NICE LITTLE PAYMENT � � DOWN HOME IS STILL WHERE MY HEART IS � � THIS DOWN HOME KID IS JUST HOW YOU LEFT HIM � � I STILL HATE THAT YOU'RE GONE I WISH YOU WERE HERE � � BUT I HOPE I'M MAKING YOU PROUD � � 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE LOOKING DOWN HOME � [ APPLAUSE ] � DOWN HOME � >>> DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT? "DOWN HOME." WE'RE BACK NOW WITH COUNTRY MUSIC STAR DR. JIMMIE -- SOON TO BE DR. JIMMIE ALLEN WHO COVERS BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S POWER PLAYERS ISSUE AND GAVE A PERFORMANCE OF "DOWN HOME" OFF HIS ALBUM "TULIP DRIVE." YOU HAVE BEEN SO GOOD TO US AND WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU. >> Y'ALL HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME. I ALWAYS LOVE COMING HERE. I DON'T EVEN MIND IT BEING EARLY BECAUSE I LIKE THE MORNING BUT Y'ALL MORNING IS DIFFERENT. MINE STARTS AT 6:00 A.M. YOURS STARTS ABOUT 2:00. >> WE NEED A WAKE-UP CALL. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM AND STOPPING BY BEFORE YOU GO OUT ON TOUR WITH CARRIE UNDERWOOD. >> THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN. >> THAT'S GOING TO BE ON. I HEAR YOU'LL BRING THE LITTLE ONES. YOU GOT REALLY LITTLE ONES. >> YEAH, GOT AIDAN, NAOMI IS 2 AND ZARA BETWEEN 6 MONTHS AND 9 MONTHS. SHE'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. >> WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM? >> THE CRAZY THING IS I SPEND MORE TIME WITH THEM ON THE ROAD BECAUSE IN THE MORNING PEOPLE HAVE THIS IDEA WHAT TOUR LIFE IS LIKE, IT AIN'T GLAMOROUS. YOU GOT NOTHING TO DO ALL DAY UNTIL YOU GET ON STAGE SO I RUN AROUND WITH THEM, I GO BOWLING, YOU KNOW, FIND A CASINO. YOU KNOW. THE BAND, WE PLAY BASEBALL SOMETIMES. SO, YEAH, YOU GOT THE WHOLE DAY TO JUST LIKE -- >> BE WITH THE BABIES. >> THOSE BABIES ARE KEEPING YOU BUSY. SOMETHING ELSE THAT KEPT YOU BUSY BECAUSE YOU WERE HERE FOR IT, "DANCING WITH THE STARS." >> YEAH. >> WHICH YOU WERE PHENOMENAL ON. HOW DID THAT HELP CHANGE YOUR STAGE PRESENCE. >> MAN, THE CRAZIEST THING IS I FIND MYSELF SOMETIMES ON STAGE DOING DANCE MOVES I DID ON THE SHOW. NOT GOING TO LIE. DID I WANT TO WIN IT, YES, BUT HONESTLY AT FIRST I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT TO WEEK FOUR, DISNEY WEEK. ONCE I MADE IT THEN I WAS GOOD AND I WANT TO WIN BUT THEN WHEN I GOT ELIMINATED WEEK EIGHT I WAS LIKE I WAS TIRED, YO, I AIN'T GOING TO LIE. SHOUTOUT TO MY BOY SHAKEN AND DANIELLE FOR WINNING THAT THING. >> WE GOT A LITTLE TIME LEFT BUT TALK ABOUT YOUR ALBUM, "TULIP DRIVE." PLENTY OF JIMMIE ALLEN BUT J. LO IN THE MIX AS WELL. >> YEAH, WE GOT J. LO ON THERE, CEE LO GREEN. WE GOT KATIE, THIS NEW ARTIST. EVERY TIME I WANT AN ARTIST THAT DOESN'T HAVE A RECORD DEAL. I'M WHERE I AM BECAUSE PEOPLE GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY AND PLATFORM. MY JOB ACE HUMAN TO DO THE SAME THING. SHE'S GREAT. J. LO, HER BEING MY JUDGE ON "AMERICAN IDOL" TO LIKE WE DID IT THE SAME YEAR AND HAVING A SONG TOGETHER IS CRAZY. >> GIVING J. LO A CHANCE, I LOVE THAT. >> SHE GAVE ME ONE. >> MY GRANDMA WOULD SAY, YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.