Damn, I used to love this view Sit here and drink a few Main street and the high school lit up on Friday night Down there it's another touchdown Man, this year's team is stout I can hear them goin' crazy And up here so am I Thinkin' about you sittin' there sayin' I hate this, I hate it If you couldn't stand livin' here why'd you take it, take it Give me back my hometown 'Cause this is my hometown All the colors of my youth The red, the green, the hope, the truth Are beatin' me black and blue 'cause you're in every scene My friends try to cheer me up get together at the Pizza Hut I didn't have the heart to tell them that was our place These sleepy streetlights on every sidewalk side street Shed a light on everything that used to be Give me back my hometown 'Cause this is my hometown Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah Ah ooh, yeah, yeah You can have my grandma's locket The knife out of my grandpa's pocket Yeah my state champion jacket I don't care you can have it Every made memory every picture, every broken dream Yeah everything, everything, everything Give me back my hometown 'Cause this is my hometown Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah Ah ooh, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah Ah ooh, yeah, yeah Ah ooh Ah ooh Ah ooh Ah ooh Ah ooh