Hometown Boy Lyrics

Just across the highway there's the army store

Everytime i see it, i remember what it's for

My brother signed up, so he could make his stake

They sent him to Iraq

"It's just a year and a day."

And he was shot down, he was shot from the rear;

They make those bullets sixteen miles from here

All he ever wanted was his own piece of ground;

Now it's three feet wide, six feet down

All he ever wanted was his own piece of ground;



And i ain't ever goin' leave my home town



Church window caught in the corner of my eye

Jacob's ladder shining out of the sky

Well I'm dreaming of Suzie with the yellow hair;

When i was small she used to live around here

Living with the baptists down a winding road

Kissed her in the choir when she was twelve years old

Suzie went to school, but i just sorta hung around

She came back and burned the damn church down

Suzie went to school, but i just sorta hung around

And i ain't ever goin' leave my home town



[Chorus]

Well there's a Navajo pipeline that cuts through the town

Feed the rusted mosquitoes, suck the oil from the ground

I watched the sun go down, througha hole in a pipe

That they left when they laid the power line

Well that's a V8 Ford, you can tell by the sound

But i ain't ever goin' leave my home town



Sunday, go to a meeting around half past ten

And i put on my best again

I got a half tank of gas, a beer in a can

We'll meet in the back of Johnston's land

And we'll try to get home by breakfast time

Put the whites in the wash, get' em out on the line

Before the stain sets, you know the red turns to brown

The rifle's in the rack before i hit town

Before the stain sets; you know, the red turns to brown

And i ain't ever goin' leave my home town



[Chorus]

Well there's a Navajo pipeline that cuts through the town

Feed the rusted mosquitoes, suck the blood from the ground

I watched the sun go down, througha hole in a pipe

That they left when they laid the power line

Well that's a twelve gauge, full choke; you can tell by the sound

But i ain't ever goin' leave my home town