Mary Chapin Carpenter - Hero In Your Own Hometown Lyrics
(mary chapin carpenter)We were born during the boom times, played house down in the bomb shelterSuffered through the wonder years, and silence at the dinner hourBut once upon a summertime, out behind the old garageWe were buzzing on midnight, luckys and rolling rockThinking we were heroes in our own hometownNothing less than heroes in that old hometownSome married on a day in june, some disappeared without a traceAnd some of us are still at large, still searching for a better placeBut once upon another time, it didnt matter what they saidDidnt matter if we fell behind, wed still come out aheadCause we believed in heroes in that old hometownHey, you could be a hero in your own hometownNow Im long away and very far, from gazing at an evening skyFrom wishing on a shooting star, from thinking that a heart cant lieThis world is gonna wear you thin, knot you up and spin you roundThis world will take its aim, call you every name, trying to bring you downEverything seems so clear when youre looking back from such a distanceWhen the road not taken disappears into the path of least resistanceBut once upon a time oh so long agoUnderneath this same old sky every brand new roadWould know that we were heroes in our own hometownNothing less than heroes in that old hometownWe still loved a hero in our own hometownBaby you could be a hero in your own hometown
