Stuck In My Hometown
(专辑: Bored In The USA - 2023)
Stuck in my hometown working 9
to 5
I'm tryna stay strong but I
got tears all in my eyes I'm going down down, I'm going down I'm going down down, I'm going I'm going Heartland dreams, late night fantasies Tryna make something out of this life they handed me Wanna marry a
girl and start us a
family Blue collar workin everyday is making a
man of me There ain't a
lot of jobs round here except the
saw mills This part of the
state has been forgotten got a
raw deal Couple Dollar Generals Little Caesar's and a
ball field Give up on our dreams man it seems that we all will Settle for less is better than nothing We ain't got a
lot to give but we got food in the
oven We got church every Sunday yea we got aunties and cousins We always fighting and fussing but you know we still love 'em There's lotta problems round here like it's a
math test Small towns you couldn't find with GPS or Mapquest Schools need funding, teachers needs access Kids need guidance and the
homeless need a
mattress I
ain't a
politician I'm just making observations Tryna find a
better way to make a
statement no debating There's a
lot homes that's vacant, lot of souls been taken A
lot of congressman complacent Some are even complicit you wonder like "what's the
motivation?" It's like when people hit the
church plate to make a
donation Then see the
pastor flying private jets on his vacation Like I'm saying don't y'all see what's going on man it's so blatant Stuck in my hometown working 9
to 5
I'm tryna stay strong but I
got tears all in my eyes I'm going down down I'm going down I'm going down down I'm going I'm going Read the
paper this morning flipped open the
page Recognized the
photo next to a
familiar name A
guy I
went to high school with in 11th grade Was the
prom king, baseball team played second base Everybody liked him, he had a
smile and sense of humor His dad is a
lawyer and his mom is a
tutor Came from a
good home had a
real bright future Wish I
would of thought to catch up with him sooner But after graduation he got so many offers I
went off to state school and he went off Oxford I
think somebody told me he was gonna be a
doctor Or maybe an attorney in the
footsteps of his father But the
story goes, the
way it was written It was a
summer night there a
head-on collision And by the
grace of god he made it alive A
couple broken bones but he was supposed to be just fine Then the
doctor gave him something for his pain Wrote him a
prescription it was then his life changed A
chemical reaction something deep inside his brain After a
couple refills he'd never be the
same He tried to get the
fix where've he could find it His parents paid for rehab they were open minded Like this sort of thing happens let's just put it all behind us We know things can get better if we just believe in the
science It was a
Tuesday night they found him on the
floor 11:32 parademics rushed thru the
door They recognized this apartment they had been there before But they were too late this time they tried and tried some more Saturday morning they laid him down in dirt His friends gave speeches bout how he was always down to earth Would always light up a
room and put everybody else first But it seemed like the
last few years that he'd been cursed And now his pictures next to his obituary And I'm just sitting here thinking like isn't it scary Life ain't fair, addiction don't discriminate There's a
lot of people struggling up and down this interstate Families setting tables with one less dinner plate I
don't know what I'm tryn'a say I
just hope this can resonate I'm tired of the
reality of where I'm from I'm tired of seeing tragedy and the
good die young I'm tryna wake up every morning with the
rising sun Look in the
mirror and be proud of who I've become Stuck in my hometown working 9
to 5
I'm tryna stay strong but I
got tears all in my eyes I'm going down down, I'm going down I'm going down down, I'm going I'm going