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

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