hometown

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I can’t keep away from my hometown.

Despite the laughs I could feel such pain,
I could not wait to be home again.
I bust my arse and I bent my brain;
I found the bus cheaper than a train.

Couldn’t keep away from my hometown.

Inside the shell of a tired man
A moonbeam played on a crystal stream.
We built our hopes and we made our plans:
The answer’s not always what it seems.
And I couldn’t shelter in my soul
Cos I left it at home.

But the air is free in my hometown,
So I can breathe in my hometown.

Safe and warm in the love of friends
It feels so good to be home again.
Inside the light of continued lives
I know it’s right to be home again.

And I can’t keep away from my hometown.

Copyright (c) steven harris 1988/2015

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from subvertical (album), released June 26, 2015

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