[00:16.81]00:17.83]I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
[00:20.31]00:25.89]Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
[00:25.62]00:34.00]I ′d sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
[00:29.25]00:42.09]He ′d tousle my hair and say son take a good look around this is your hometown
[00:30.31]00:54.32]This is your hometown
[00:30.50]00:58.89]This is your hometown
[00:30.69]01:02.78]This is your hometown
[00:30.87]01:11.15]In `65tension was running high at my high school
[00:31.44]01:19.30]There was a lot of fights between the black and white
[00:32.06]01:23.21]There was nothing you could do
[00:32.37]01:27.50]Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
[00:33.44]01:35.56]Words were passed in a shotgun blast
[00:33.81]01:39.28]Troubled times had come to my hometown
[00:34.25]01:47.73]My hometown
[00:34.31]01:51.86]My hometown
[00:34.37]01:55.79]My hometown
[00:34.44]02:03.99]Now Main Street ′s whitewashed windows and vacant stores
[00:35.00]02:12.06]Seems like there ain ′t nobody wants to come down here no more
[00:35.82]02:20.25]They ′re closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
[00:36.50]02:28.13]Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain ′t coming back to your hometown
[00:37.50]02:40.69]Your hometown
[00:37.56]02:44.76]Your hometown
[00:37.63]02:48.88]Your hometown
[00:37.69]02:57.07]Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
[00:38.19]03:00.98]talking about getting out
[00:38.37]03:05.31]Packing up our bags maybe heading south
[00:38.75]03:13.38]I ′m thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
[00:39.50]03:20.98]Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around
[00:40.56]03:31.82]This is your hometown

00:17.83]I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
00:25.89]Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
00:34.00]I ′d sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
00:42.09]He ′d tousle my hair and say son take a good look around this is your hometown
00:54.32]This is your hometown
00:58.89]This is your hometown
01:02.78]This is your hometown
01:11.15]In `65tension was running high at my high school
01:19.30]There was a lot of fights between the black and white
01:23.21]There was nothing you could do
01:27.50]Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
01:35.56]Words were passed in a shotgun blast
01:39.28]Troubled times had come to my hometown
01:47.73]My hometown
01:51.86]My hometown
01:55.79]My hometown
02:03.99]Now Main Street ′s whitewashed windows and vacant stores
02:12.06]Seems like there ain ′t nobody wants to come down here no more
02:20.25]They ′re closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
02:28.13]Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain ′t coming back to your hometown
02:40.69]Your hometown
02:44.76]Your hometown
02:48.88]Your hometown
02:57.07]Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
03:00.98]talking about getting out
03:05.31]Packing up our bags maybe heading south
03:13.38]I ′m thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
03:20.98]Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around
03:31.82]This is your hometown