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Hometown Blues Lyrics
Baby can't wait, baby gotta go
Gotta do a number on a late night show
Do a little song, do a little dance
Gonna make the best of her big chance
It don't really matter if she don't or if she do
Just tryin' to make the best of the hometown blues
I gotta friend, gotta little girl
Says she's the best in the whole wide world
Said it's so good, said it's unreal
Might not last, but it's no big deal
It don't really matter if she don't or if she do
Just tryin' to make the best of the hometown blues
Baby, save me, save me
Save me with your sweet smile
Honey I really need you
To help me kill a little bit of time
All of the girls run with a crowd
They go wild when the lights go down
They gotta little money, live in a dream
Wanna be the queen of their little scene
It don't really matter if she don't or if she do
Just tryin' to make the best of the hometown blues
This song reminds me of the first line of Breakdown-- "It's alright if you love me, it's alright if you don't." Just kind of live in the moment and "make the best" of it. Enjoy it while it's there, but when it's gone... meh, "no big deal."
I thought the lines "I really need you/ to help me kill a little bit of time" were pretty funny. Usually when a song says "I need you," it's more of a "I can't live without you, you're so great, you give my life meaning" thing. But Tom Petty sets it up so that things are just a little less boring with her around than without her.
On a side note, this is one of Tom Petty's oldest songs. It goes back to his Mudcrutch and pre-Heartbreakers days.