Hometown

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I still know that creek bed bend Where we’d cut through in my old truck Dust on the dash, tan on our skin And the world felt small enough Main Street blinked at six o'clock Gas pumps, screen doors, summer heat Everybody knew what you forgot And everybody knew your name, it seemed [Pre-Chorus] It was Friday night football Tailgate smoke and cheap cologne Everybody singin’ off-key Like the whole town was our home [Chorus] Hometown, you raised me right Hometown, you lit those lights Every road I take still leads me back To the first front porch and the railroad tracks Hometown, I wear you proud Hometown, I still talk loud If I ever need a place to be I come back to the place you made of me [Verse 2] I can see those painted fields And the old brick school by the mill Half the kids had bigger dreams Half just wanted time to kill We made a lot out of not much Little league dirt and summer rain Found a way to feel like enough Under that same blue sky again [Pre-Chorus] It was porch light conversations And headlights on the county line Everybody knew you were hurtin’ Before you ever said you were fine [Chorus] Hometown, you raised me right Hometown, you lit those lights Every road I take still leads me back To the first front porch and the railroad tracks Hometown, I wear you proud Hometown, I still talk loud If I ever need a place to be I come back to the place you made of me [Bridge] I left with a full tank And a name I had to prove But every time I got too far I’d hear those gravel roads call through So when the world gets too wide And I start to come undone I close my eyes and I’m ten years old Running home before the sun [Chorus] Hometown, you raised me right Hometown, you lit those lights Every road I take still leads me back To the first front porch and the railroad tracks Hometown, I wear you proud Hometown, I still talk loud If I ever need a place to be I come back to the place you made of me [Outro] Hometown I still come back Hometown You made me that