Hometown's Where the Heart Is

It's that patch of earth, sacred dirt that holds every first you had All your way back when's All your kin all your friends Where everyone you love is at No matter how far you get away from it Part of you stays and the part that doesn't Misses it bad, wishes it had stuck around, settled down No matter where you're from or who you ask It's who are, your dot on the map It's why some folks stay and why most come back It might let us go but when we go It makes leavin' the hardest cuz hometown's where the heart is Could be fields of gold, gravel roads, one stop light to slow you down Or those never sleep, city streets just one in a million crowd Don't matter where or how If they tore it all down you're still gonna see it The way that it was cuz that's how you keep it Even after you leave it No matter where you're from or who you ask It's who are, your dot on the map It's why some folks stay and why most come back It might let us go but when we go It makes leavin' the hardest cuz hometown's where the heart is It's that patch of earth, sacred dirt that holds every first you had No matter where you're from or who you ask It's who are, your dot on the map It's why some folks stay and why most come back It might let us go but when we go It makes leavin' the hardest cuz hometown's where the heart is Hometown's where the heart is