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My Hometown
Guy Forsyth
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Just across the highway there's the army store
Every time I see it I remember what it's for
My brother signed up so he could make his stake
They sent him to Iraq, it's just a year and a day
In the showdown he was shot from the rear
They make those bullets 16 miles from here
All he ever wanted was his own piece of ground
Now it's three feet wide, six feet down
All he ever wanted was his own piece of ground
And I ain't ever gonna leave my hometown
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Church window caught in the corner of my eye
Jacob's ladder shining out of the sky
Well I'm dreaming of Susie with the yellow hair
When I was small she used to live around here
River Valley Baptist on a wide elm road
I kissed her in the choir when she was 12 years old
Susie went to school but I just sort of hung around
She came back and burned the damn church down
Susie went to school but I just sort of hung around
And I ain't ever gonna leave my hometown
Well there's an Amoco pipeline, it cuts through the town
Feeding busted mosquitos suck the oil from the ground
I watch the sun go down through a hole in the pine
That they left when they laid the power line
Well that's a V8 Ford, you can tell by the sound
But I ain't ever gonna leave my hometown
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Sunday going to meeting about half past ten
And I put on my best again
I got a half tank of gas, a beer and a can
Leave it back up Johnson's land
And we try to get home by breakfast time
Put the whites in the wash, get 'em out on the line
Before the stain sets, you know the red turns to brown
The rifle's in the rack before I hit town
Before the stain sets, you know the red turns to brown
And I ain't ever gonna leave my hometown
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Well there's an Amoco pipeline, it cuts through the town
Feeding busted mosquitos suck the blood from the ground
I watch the sun go down through a hole in the pine
That they left when they laid the power line
Well that's a 12 gauge four choke, you can tell by the sound
But I ain't ever gonna leave my hometown
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