My Hometown

[Verse 1]

I was eight years old

Running with a dime in my hand

Into the bus stop

To pick up a paper for my old man

I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick

And steer as we drove through town

He'd tousle my hair and say

Son, take a good look around

[Chorus]

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

[Verse 2]

In '65 tension was running high

At my high school

There was a lot of fights 'tween the black and white

There was nothing you could do

Two cars at a light on a Saturday night

In the back seat was a gun

Words were passed, a shotgun blast

Troubled times had come

[Chorus]

To my hometown

To my hometown

To my hometown

To my hometown

[Verse 3]

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows

And vacant stores

Seems like no one wants

To come down here no more

Thеy're closing down the textilе mill

Across the railroad tracks

Foreman said these jobs are going

They ain't coming back

[Chorus]

To your hometown

To your hometown

To your hometown

To your hometown

[Verse 4]

Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed

Talking ‘bout getting out

Packing up our bags and maybe

Headin’ south

I'm thirty-five, we got a boy

Of our own now

Last night I sat him up behind the wheel, said

Son take a good look around

[Chorus]

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

This is your hometown