Give Me Back My Hometown

Eric Church

Damn, I used to love this view
Sit here and drink a few
Main street and the high school lit up on Friday night
Down there it's another touchdown
Man, this year's team is stout
I can hear 'em goin' crazy
And up here so am I
Thinkin' 'bout you sittin' there sayin', "I hate this, I hate it"
If you couldn't stand livin' here why'd you take it, take it

Give me back my hometown
'Cause this is my hometown

All the colors of my youth
The red, the green, the hope, the truth
Are beatin' me black and blue 'cause you're in every scene
My friends try to cheer me up, a get together at the Pizza Hut
I didn't have the heart to tell them that was our place
These sleepy streetlights on every sidewalk side street
Shed a light on everything that used to be

Give me back my hometown
'Cause this is my hometown

Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah
Ah ooh, oh, yeah, yeah
You can have my grandma's locket
The knife out of my grandpa's pocket
Yeah, my state champion jacket, I don't care you can have it
Every made memory, every picture, every broken dream
Yeah, everything, everything, everything

Give me back my hometown
'Cause this is my hometown

Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah
Ah ooh, oh, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ah ooh, oh, yeah, yeah
Ah ooh
Ah ooh
Ah ooh
Ah ooh
Ah ooh


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    Maybe I'm over-simplifying, but I come from a small town. When it was tiny, it was great. Who had our country ways.

    After a while, tourists started to flock in and move there permanently. Politicians moved from large cities and passed laws to change the things we once loved. Rules on the river and things like that.

    So, "If you couldn't stand livin' here why'd you take it" hits home. Why move to a location and mold it into the place you came from?

    Give me back my hometown.

    sindyon May 13, 2014   Link

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