Hometown

Where I grew up there isn't much Not even a traffic light A couple of stores and one scoreboard Where we'd spend our Friday nights Oh well I moved out and my parents bought a house A hundred miles away Oh, I never would've guessed that I would miss The place that made me Oh, where is home if it's no longer my hometown? When I lose hope and need to come back around I'll no longer be the Homecoming Queen Everyone will have forgotten me Oh, where is home if it's no longer my hometown? Oh people complain to go home for holidays And sleep in their pink bedrooms The postered walls And photos from the halls When your life was all about high school Well, that's not what I'll miss When I come to visit The streets won't feel the same Everything looks smaller or I got taller I only recognize the riverbanks Oh, where is home if it's no longer my hometown? When I lose hope and need to come back around I'll no longer be that late call D.D. Everyone will have forgotten me Oh, where is home if it's no longer my hometown? They say home is where the heart is But I'm leaving little parts of my heart Everywhere, Every house I live in But there's something so unique About these redwood trees And the secrets they keep from when I was sixteen Or I'm outgrowing rings like them Still, I'm wondering Where is home if it's no longer my hometown? When I lose hope and need to come back around It will always be a big part of me Though it's fading into memory Oh, where is home if it's no longer my hometown?