Well I don't know Where the cool kids hang on Friday night
Used to park our parent's car by the billboard sign
They tore it down years ago to build a small highrise
It's abandoned now And it's been that way for a while sometime
It don't make sense But the cheap motel is always open
Seems like we're sitting in a handbasket Wondering where it's going
There's a freshwater shark in a small fish tank Behind the counter
Door's always locked And you gotta pre pay in cash by the hour
The sunsets still look the way they always do
Over the backyard trees My grandma used to sit under in the afternoon And you can't keep everything the way you want it
Feels like even the ghosts are getting out
Giving up on your hometown
Every single Sunday 10 AM
We were in that pew
I was married there and baptized there And my kids were too
My mother sang in the women's choir before she died
And the day they sold that church Even the statue of mother Mary cried
The sunsets still look the way they always do
Over the backyard trees My grandma used to sit under in the afternoon And you can't keep everything the way you want it Feels like even the ghosts are getting out
Giving up on your hometown
Giving up on your hometown
Every kid that's left just kept going
And every debt we didn't pay We just keep owing
Never visit your daddy's grave But we go by the house
He'd be working on a car in the driveway If he was with us now
And that porch swing you built for your mama Is all but gone
I guess even when you stay right here
Sometimes you can't go home
Giving up on your hometown
Giving up on your hometown
Giving up on your hometown
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