Hometown Blues

Steve Earle

I wish I'd never come back home


It don't feel right since I've been grown


I can't find any of my old friends hangin' 'round


Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown


I spent some time in New Orleans


I had to live on rice and beans


I hitched through Texas when the sun was beatin' down


Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown





CHORUS


Home is where the heart is


Ain't that what they always say


My heart lies in broken pieces


Scattered along the way





So don't think about me when I'm gone


I don't mind travelin' alone


You are the sweetest little thing I ever found


Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown