Far away over the sea There's a river that's calling to me That river she runs all around The place that I call my hometown There's a valley on the side of the hill And flowers on an old windowsill A familiar old picture it seems And I'll go there tonight in my dreams Where it's green in the summer And gold in the fall Her eyes are as blue As the sky I recall Far away over the sea There's a place at the table for me Where laughter and music abound Just waiting there in my hometown The river she freezes When there's snow on the ground And the children can slide To the far side of town Far away far away me Hung up on a sweet memory I'm lost and I wish I were found In the arms of my darlin' hometown With the evening sun sittin' On the top of the hill And the mockingbird answering The old chapel bell Far away over the sea My heart is longing to be And I wish I could lay myself down In the arms of my darlin' hometown

Just a good old boy never got to state Right on track for minimum wage No chance of college because of my GPA Raise a Little Hell on Friday nights With our fake IDs and two fists to fight Buyin my time but damn I felt alive I tried not listening to the devil on my shoulder but when it's hot that beers a little colder Shorts got shorter them legs got longer I couldn't help but fall right back to that Neon moonlight late night party When they yelled last call we were just getting started Someday maybe I'd settle down But I was just living the dream in my hometown Black Mountain to Fairview Ten miles of stories between the two Football rivals to church pew Bibles Heartbreaks man I've had a few Middle of nowhere to be found Doing three for Dale as you pass it around Trying to make sense of the next road I go down I tried not listening to the devil on my shoulder but when it's hot that beers a little colder Shorts got shorter them legs got longer I couldn't help but fall right back to that Neon moonlight late night party When they yelled last call we were just getting started Someday maybe I'd settle down But I was just living the dream in my hometown Flying down those gravel roads No place to be but always had to go I tried not listening to the devil on my shoulder but when it's hot that beers a little colder Shorts got shorter them legs got longer I couldn't help but fall right back to that Neon moonlight late night party When they yelled last call we were just getting started Someday maybe I'd settle down But I was just living the dream in my hometown

Bury me in my hometown Let the world close around my final days Finish out the race Where it started in a haze In the place that I was raised Lay me back down I flew around the country Been outside the USA They were right when they would say No place like home But I kept on testing limits Where I'd bend and where I'd break All the friends that I would make Then leave behind The only place I want to be at closing time Bury me in my hometown Let the world close around my final days Finish out the race Where it started in a haze In the place that I was raised Lay me back down Let me watch my final sunset In the land that I love most Holding all my loved ones close I'll walk on through So bury me in my hometown Let the world close around my final days

Do you feel alright? Smiling hello, hello my love Well, how long How long since I've been home Only heaven knows As I stay here alone, alone It's been too long Far too long to say goodbye, as I stay here Good times that I remember Dancing in your arms, all night long Don't wake me daylight, I'm in love Close my eyes, you're on my mind now Memories of you take me back to my sweet My sweet hometown Shooting stars, I imagine I'm there Melodies downtown, in our song Don't wake me daylight, I'm in love Country roads, I'll follow you down Your hand in mine, take me back to my sweet My sweet hometown My sweet hometown My sweet hometown My sweet hometown

I stayed out late last night Nothin' I could drink to help me drink you off my mind Everywhere I looked Ooh, I saw your face And I wonder, and I wonder If there still might be A little space in your heart for me 'Cause I'm so cold I'm so alone And I miss you, babe So won't you come to my rescue Shake this pain from my soul And take this fool back in your heart, baby I'll go crazy if you don't 'Cause I'm a mess here without you Ain't no pill for this pain So please, please come to my rescue, baby Make it right away I was a fool to leave Leave behind everything That meant everything to me Every day and night Mm, my heart pays the price And I'm out here stranded Out here On this lonely road I'm so lost Won't you lead me home I need you back Baby, one more chance And I miss you babe So won't you come to my rescue Shake this pain from my soul And take this fool back in your heart, baby I'll go crazy if you don't 'Cause I'm a mess here without you Ain't no pill for this pain So please, please come to my rescue, baby Make it right away I'm drowning, baby I need you to save me, yeah Don't leave me like this (Don't leave me like this) (Don't leave me like this) Throw me a line, baby one more time So won't you come to my rescue Shake this pain from my soul And take this fool back in your heart, baby I'll go crazy if you don't 'Cause I'm a mess here without you Ain't no pill for this pain So please, please come to my rescue, baby Make it right away Make it right away Make it right away

She is my rock and my rolling thunder I've been the spell she was under I, I love that girl She is my cigarettes and champagne She's got me strung but I'm not running I, I love that girl I, I love that girl She is the days I can't get over She is the nights that I call home endlessly For you I'll always wait Caught in the waves of hesitation Lost in the sea of my own doubt endlessly For you I'll always wait For you I'll always wait She is the flame and the fire she's raging I've been the spark and the war she's waging I, I love that girl She came along and she spoke so sweetly Changed everything, took my heart completely I, I love that girl I, I love that girl She is the days I can't get over She is the nights that I call home endlessly For you I'll always wait Caught in the waves of hesitation Lost in the sea of my own doubt endlessly For you I'll always wait And the city buzz and empty cars It's 3 a.m. I wonder where you are And the crooked smiles and worn out miles between us Now I wonder where you are She is the days I can't get over She is the nights that I call home endlessly For you I'll always wait Caught in the waves of hesitation Lost in the sea of my own doubt endlessly For you I'll always wait For you I'll always wait For you I'll always wait

Well, I remember standing on the corner at midnight Trying to get my courage up There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown I loved to watch her do her stuff Through the long lonely nights, she filled my sleep Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat Down on Mainstreet Down on Mainstreet In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers I used to watch 'em through the glass Well, I'd stand outside at closing time Just to watch her walk on past Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet As she made her way alone down that empty street Down on Mainstreet Down on Mainstreet, ooh And sometimes even now, when I'm feeling lonely and beat I drift back in time and I find my feet Down on Mainstreet Down on Mainstreet Down on Mainstreet Down on Mainstreet Down on Mainstreet Down on Mainstreet

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