Song Description

Going back isn't always a success

Lyrics

Hometown Blues

I left my home so I could roam
In search of wealth and fame
I changed my hair
I changed my face
I even changed my name

I did pretty well
Far as I can tell
Always food on the table
But by and by
I vowed that I
Would return when I was able

When I walked down the block
What a shock
Couldn't have been much worse
I had been countin'
On the soda fountain
Still being at Main & Ist

It was no longer there
Its just not fair
There's a deli pristine new
I've got "The Oh So Strange
Everything Has Changed
In My Old Hometown" Blues



Chorus

All the streets I used to wander
Are now banks, boutiques and condos
Things never stay the same, I guess
But, if truth be told
Its like a town that has no soul
All done in the name of progess...
As the saying goes
"More is sometimes less"

Verse
I went to see my sweetheart
Still lived just off Main
But my childhood hun
Wasn't much fun
On account of her varicose veins

Living with a priest
Talk was strained at least
Didn't know me, she's confused
I've got "The Feeling Appalled
Not How I Recall
My Old Hometown" Blues


Chorus

All the streets I used to wander
Are now banks, boutiques and condos
Things never stay the same, I guess
But, if truth be told
Its like a town that has no soul
All done in the name of progess
As the saying goes
"More is sometimes less"


Chorus

All the streets I used to wander
Are now banks, boutiques and condos
Things never stay the same, I guess
But, if truth be told
Its like a town that has no soul
All done in the name of progess
As the saying goes
"More is sometimes less"

© Robin Grimmond 2021