Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown - Live at St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJ - 11/8/1996 Lyrics

Lyrics My Hometown - Live at St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJ - 11/8/1996 - Bruce Springsteen



I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
He'd tousle my hair and say, son, take a good look around
This is your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
In '65, tension was running high at my high school
There were a lot of fights between the black and white, there was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the backseat there was a gun
Words were passed, a shotgun blast troubled times had come
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
It Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says, these jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed, talking about getting out
Packing up our bags, maybe heading south
I'm 35, we got a boy of our own now
Last night, I sat him up behind the wheel and said, son, take a good look around
This is your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
It's your hometown
Hey! You!



Writer(s): Bruce Springsteen


Bruce Springsteen - The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey
Album The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey
date of release
22-09-2023

1 Born to Run - Live at Brendan Byrne Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ - 7/9/1981
2 Spirit In The Night - Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - 12/31/1980
3 Meeting Across the River - Live at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ - 9/19/1978
4 Prove It All Night - Live at Brendan Byrne Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ - 8/6/1984
5 Jersey Girl - Live at Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - 8/22/1985
6 Local Hero - Live at Brendan Byrne Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ - 7/25/1992
7 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Live at Brendan Byrne Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ - 6/24/1993
8 My Hometown - Live at St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJ - 11/8/1996
9 Open All Night - Live at Brendan Byrne Arena, 7/25/1992
10 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - Live at Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ - 11/26/1996
11 New York City Serenade - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 11/7/2009
12 Johnny 99 - Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - 5/4/2009
13 I Don't Want to Go Home - Live at Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ - 11/26/1996
14 Jungleland - Live at Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ - 7/18/1999
15 Wrecking Ball - Live at MetLife Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - 9/22/2012
16 My City of Ruins - Live at MetLife Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - 8/25/2016
17 Atlantic City - Live at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ - 1/31/2016
18 Seaside Bar Song - Live at Times Union Center, Albany, NY - 5/13/2014
19 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) - Live at MetLife Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ - 8/30/2016
20 Freehold - Live at Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ - 7/18/1999




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