[ti:My Hometown]
[ar:Bruce Springsteen]
[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