Hero In Your Own Hometown Lyrics - Carpenter Mary-chapin

We were born during the boom times, played house down in the bomb shelter 

Suffered through the wonder years, and silence at the dinner hour 

But once upon a summertime, out behind the old garage 

We were buzzing on midnight, Luckys and Rolling Rock 

Thinking we were heroes in our own hometown 

Nothing less than heroes in that old hometown 

Some married on a day in June, some disappeared without a trace 

And some of us are still at large, still searching for a better place 

But once upon another time, it didn't matter what they said 

Didn't matter if we fell behind, we'd still come out ahead 

Cause we believed in heroes in that old hometown 

Hey, you could be a hero in your own hometown 

Now I'm long away and very far, from gazing at an evening sky 

From wishing on a shooting star, from thinking that a heart can't lie 

This world is gonna wear you thin, knot you up and spin you round 

This world will take it's aim, call you every name, trying to bring you down 

Everything seems so clear when you're looking back from such a distance 

When the road not taken disappears into the path of least resistance 

But once upon a time oh so long ago 

Underneath this same old sky every brand new road