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Stuck In My Hometown
David Morris
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Stuck in my hometown, workin' nine-to-five
I'm tryna stay strong, but I got tears all in my eyes
I'm goin' down, down, I'm goin' down
I'm goin' down, down, I'm goin', I'm goin' (ay)
Heartland dreams, late-night fantasies
Tryna make somethin' out of this life they handed me
Wanna marry a girl and start us a family
Blue-collar, workin' every day is makin' a man of me
There ain't a lot of jobs 'round here except the sawmill
This part of the state has been forgotten, got a raw deal
Couple Dollar Generals, Little Caesar's, and a ball field
Give up on our dreams, man, it seems that we all will
Settle for less is better than nothin'
We ain't got a lot to give, but we got food in the oven
We got church every Sunday, yeah, we got aunties and cousins
We're always fightin' and fussin', but you know we still love 'em
There's lotta problems 'round here, like it's a math test
Small towns you couldn't find with GPS or MapQuest
Schools need funding, teachers needs access
Kids need guidance, and the homeless need a mattress
I ain't a politician, I'm just makin' observations
Tryna find a better way to make a statement, no debatin'
There's a lotta homes that's vacant, lotta souls been taken
A lot of congressman complacent
Some are even complicit, you wonder like "what's the motivation?"
It's like when people hit the church plate to make a donation
Then see the pastor flyin' private jets on his vacation
Like I'm sayin', don't y'all see what's goin' on? Man, it's so blatant
Stuck in my hometown workin' nine-to-five
I'm tryna stay strong, but I got tears all in my eyes
I'm goin' down, down, I'm goin' down
I'm goin' down, down, I'm goin', I'm goin' (ay)
Read the paper this mornin', flipped open the page
Recognized the photo next to a familiar name
A guy I went to high school with in 11th grade
Was the prom king, baseball team played second base
Everybody liked him, he had a smile and sense of humor
His dad is a lawyer, and his mom is a tutor
Came from a good home, and had a real bright future
Wish I would of thought to catch up with him sooner
But after graduation, he got so many offers
I went off to state school, and he went off Oxford
I think somebody told me he was gonna be a doctor
Or maybe an attorney in the footsteps of his father
But the story goes, the way it was written
It was a summer night, there was a head-on collision
And by the grace of God, he made it out alive
A couple broken bones, but he was supposed to be just fine
Then the doctor gave him somethin' for his pain
Wrote him a prescription, it was then his life changed
A chemical reaction something deep inside his brain
After a couple refills, he'd never be the same
He tried to get the fix where he could find it
His parents paid for rehab, they were open-minded
Like this sort of thing happens, let's just put it all behind us
We know things can get better if we just believe in the science
It was a Tuesday night, they found him on the floor
11:32, paramedics rushed through the door
They recognized this apartment, they had been there before
But they were too late this time, they tried and they tried some more
Saturday mornin', they laid him down in dirt
His friends gave speeches 'bout how he was always down to earth
Would always light up a room and put everybody else first
But it seemed like the last few years that he'd been cursed
And now his picture's next to his obituary
And I'm just sittin' here, thinkin' like
"Isn't it scary life ain't fair?" Addiction don't discriminate
There's a lot of people strugglin' up and down this interstate
Families settin' tables with one less dinner plate
I don't know what I'm tryna say, I just hope this can resonate
I'm tired of the reality of where I'm from
I'm tired of seein' tragedy, and the good die young
I'm tryna wake up every morning with the risin' sun
Look in the mirror and be proud of who I've become
Stuck in my hometown, workin' nine-to-five
I'm tryna stay strong, but I got tears all in my eyes
I'm goin' down, down, I'm goin' down
I'm goin' down, down, I'm goin', I'm goin'
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