Hometown Blues

[A1]
Got a job up the road
Swinging round the rainbow arc
Living out of tins that turned to fires and thanks at night
Underneath the stars I know there's nowhere else I'd be
With these hometown blues

Found me in a southern town
Wiring up the writing pools
All boys are doing it so I guess I should too
I don't swing that rainbow round my shoulder anymore
With these hometown blues

[A2]
Mama says you go to school
And read about a bigger world
How can I believe that it's all there if I don't go
How can I believe the world is full of lonely flowers
With these hometown blues

I'll make it home before the snow
Looking for a piece of bread
Knowing how I miss my dear old mother and my dad
Catch the 9 PM and watch the lights turn into stars
With these hometown blues

[B]
Hometown blues
Got me movin'
Hometown blues
I had to go
But I know you keep calling
Every channel on my radio

[A3]
And now I run a lonely bar
And wonder who will keep me warm
I'm the only one who slides their drinks down the end
We all know who goes home and who won't show for hours
With these hometown blues
We all know who goes home and who won't show for hours
With these hometown blues