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Lyrics

HOMETOWN BOY

Thursday night was my last night working
My truck’s ready to roll
I said good-bye to my friends in New York City
Come morning I’ll be headed west
The sun shining on my back
It’s been twelve long years since I crossed them eastside tracks

I’m just a hometown boy
Ready for a hometown life
I’ve seen all I want to see...done every crazy thing once or twice
I’m just a hometown boy
Whose been a long time gone
I’m a hometown boy ready to call this town my home

With winter on the mountains
Spring hanging on the breeze
In the distance I could see the water tower
Through all the years that I’ve been gone
This town has called my name
You see, the more things changed the more I stayed the same

I’m just a hometown boy
Ready for a hometown life
I’ve seen all I want to see and done every crazy thing once or twice
I’m just a hometown boy
Whose been a long time gone
I’m a hometown boy ready to call this town my home

Now I don’t regret ever moving away
Saying the things that I needed to say
Or doing all the things that I have done
I wasn’t waiting for no princess bride
Or wedding bells to ring
I was born to run and I went chasing down everything…

I pulled into the driveway
And Dad was waiting for me
Momma was hanging sheets out on the line
And Grams was in the kitchen
Baking apple pies
She said, “Son, it’s so good to see those baby blue eyes.”

I’m just a hometown boy
Back where I want to be
Maybe I’ll find myself a hometown girl to build a hometown life with me
I’m just a hometown boy
Whose been a long time gone
I’m a hometown boy ready to call this town my home

I’m a hometown boy ready to call this town my home

© 2015 Christopher Iverson Music/BMI
words & music: Christopher Iverson