My Hometown – Live at Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ – August 22, 1985
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⏱️ 5:11 duration
🆔 ID: 9384209
📜 Lyrics
I was eight years old and 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
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
In '65, tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the backseat, there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast, troubled times had come
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says, these jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed, talking 'bout getting out
Packing up our bags, may be heading South
I'm 35, we've got a boy of our own now
Last night, I sat him up behind the wheel
And said, "Son, take a good look around
This is your hometown"
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
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
In '65, tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the backseat, there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast, troubled times had come
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says, these jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed, talking 'bout getting out
Packing up our bags, may be heading South
I'm 35, we've got a boy of our own now
Last night, I sat him up behind the wheel
And said, "Son, take a good look around
This is your hometown"
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:21.84] I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
[00:30.71] Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
[00:39.35] I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
[00:47.90] He'd tousle my hair and say, son, take a good look around
[00:56.48] This is your hometown
[01:00.96] This is your hometown
[01:05.18] This is your hometown
[01:09.35] This is your hometown
[01:17.98] In '65, tension was running high at my high school
[01:26.32] There was a lot of fights between the black and white
[01:31.15] There was nothing you could do
[01:35.16] Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the backseat, there was a gun
[01:43.81] Words were passed in a shotgun blast, troubled times had come
[01:52.25] To my hometown
[01:56.65] To my hometown
[02:00.73] To my hometown
[02:05.18] To my hometown
[02:13.84] Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
[02:22.49] Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
[02:31.02] They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
[02:39.15] Foreman says, these jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back
[02:48.08] To your hometown
[02:52.35] To your hometown
[02:56.63] To your hometown
[03:00.83] To your hometown
[03:09.68] Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed, talking 'bout getting out
[03:18.55] Packing up our bags, may be heading South
[03:27.15] I'm 35, we've got a boy of our own now
[03:34.67] Last night, I sat him up behind the wheel
[03:39.52] And said, "Son, take a good look around
[03:46.61] This is your hometown"
[03:51.22]
[00:30.71] Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
[00:39.35] I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
[00:47.90] He'd tousle my hair and say, son, take a good look around
[00:56.48] This is your hometown
[01:00.96] This is your hometown
[01:05.18] This is your hometown
[01:09.35] This is your hometown
[01:17.98] In '65, tension was running high at my high school
[01:26.32] There was a lot of fights between the black and white
[01:31.15] There was nothing you could do
[01:35.16] Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the backseat, there was a gun
[01:43.81] Words were passed in a shotgun blast, troubled times had come
[01:52.25] To my hometown
[01:56.65] To my hometown
[02:00.73] To my hometown
[02:05.18] To my hometown
[02:13.84] Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
[02:22.49] Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
[02:31.02] They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
[02:39.15] Foreman says, these jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back
[02:48.08] To your hometown
[02:52.35] To your hometown
[02:56.63] To your hometown
[03:00.83] To your hometown
[03:09.68] Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed, talking 'bout getting out
[03:18.55] Packing up our bags, may be heading South
[03:27.15] I'm 35, we've got a boy of our own now
[03:34.67] Last night, I sat him up behind the wheel
[03:39.52] And said, "Son, take a good look around
[03:46.61] This is your hometown"
[03:51.22]