Home Town - Joe Jackson

Of all the stupid things I could have thought

This was the worst

I started to believe

That I was born at seventeen

And all the stupid things

The letters and the broken verse

Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer

Theyd always been

And now I plough through piles

Of bills, receipts and credit cards

And tickets and the daily news

And sometimes I just.

..

Wanna go back to my home town

Though I know itll never be the same

Back to my home town

cause its been so long

And Im wondering if its still there

We think were pretty smart

Us city slickers get around

And when the goings rough

We kill the pain and relocate

Were never married

Never faithful not to any town

But we never leave the past behind

We just accumulate

So sometimes when the music stops

I seem to hear a distant sound

Of waves and seagulls

Football crowds and church bells

And I. ..

Wanna go back to my home town

Though I know itll never be the same

Back to my home town

cause its been so long

And Im wondering if its still there

Back to my home town

Though I know itll never be the same

Back to my home town

cause its been so long

And Im wondering if its still there