Hometown chords by Joe Jackson
Intro 1
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of all the stupid
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things I
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could have thought this was the worst I started to
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to believe that I was born at 17
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and all the stupid things,
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the letters and the broken verse
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stayed hidden at the bottom of
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the drawer they'd always been
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Now I plow through piles of bills, receipts,
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and credit cards, and tickets, and the daily news
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And sometimes I just want to
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go back to my hometown
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Though I know it'll never be the same,
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back to my hometown
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Cause it's been so long,
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and I'm wondering if it's still there
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We think we're pretty tough,
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us city slickers, we get around
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And when the going's rough,
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we kill the pain and relocate
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We're never married,
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never faithful, not to any town
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But we never leave the past behind,
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we just accumulate
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So sometimes when the music stops,
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I seem to hear a distant sound of waves and
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seagulls and football crowds
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and church bells.
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And I want to go back to
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my ho met own,
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Though I know it'll never be the same,
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back to my ho met own
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Cause it's been so long,
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and I'm wondering if it's still there
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Back to my hometown
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No, I know it'll never be the same
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Back to my ho met own
Cause it's been so long
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And I'm wondering if it's
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still there
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Ooohhh
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Aaahhh
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Hometown
Joe Jackson
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