Home Town Lyrics - 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 

They'd always been 

And now I plough through piles 

Of bills, receipts and credit cards 

And tickets and the Daily News 

And sometimes I just . . . 

want to go back to my home town 

Though I know it'll never be the same 

Back to my home town 

'Cause it's been so long 

And I'm wondering if it's still there 

We think we're pretty smart 

Us city slickers get around 

And when the going's rough 

We kill the pain and relocate 

We're 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 . . . 

want to go back to my home town 

Though I know it'll never be the same 

Back to my home town 

'Cause it's been so long 

And I'm wondering if it's still there 

Back to my home town 

Though I know it'll never be the same 

Back to my home town 

'Cause it's been so long 

And I'm wondering if it's still there