My Hometown (Live at Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - 8/22/1985)

My Hometown (Live at Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - 8/22/1985) - Bruce Springsteen

Lyrics by：B. Springsteen

Composed by：B. Springsteen

I was eight years old

And running with

A dime in my hand

To the bus stop to pick

Up a paper for my old man

I'd sit on his lap

In that big old Buick

And steer as we drove

Through town

He'd tousle my hair

And say son take

A good look around

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

This is your hometown

In 65 tension was

Running high at my

High school

There was a lot of fights

Between the black and white

There was nothing

You could do

Two cars at a light

On a Saturday night

In the back seat

There was a gun

Words were passed

In a shotgun blast

Troubled times had come

To my hometown

To my hometown

To my hometown

To my hometown

Now Main Street's

Whitewashed windows

And vacant stores

Seems like there ain't nobody

Wants to come down

Here no more

They're closing down

The textile mill

'Cross the railroad tracks

Foreman says these

Jobs are going boys

And they ain't coming back

To your hometown

To your hometown

To your hometown

To your hometown

Last night me and Kate

We laid in bed

Talking about getting out

Packing up our bags

Maybe heading south

I'm thirty five we got

A boy of our own now

Last night I sat him up

Behind the wheel

And said son take

A good look around

This is your hometown