Hometown by Sarah Jarosz

Intro

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                     # Verse 1
                  
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                     On the verge of a breakdown
                  
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                     Back in her 
                  
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                     hometown
                  
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                     Never thought she'd 
                  
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                     settle down
                  
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                     In a place like 
                  
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                     this
                  
                    Cold coffee on the 
                  
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                     back porch
                  
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                     Wooden chair rocking 
                  
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                     back and forth
                  
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                     Now she wonders how it 
                  
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                     all went down
                  
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                     Back in her 
                  
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                     hometown

Verse 2

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                     Most people never left
                  
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                     Found a job and 
                  
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                    filled in the rest
                  
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                     Never got around to 
                  
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                     leaving the nest
                  
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                     Holding on to not let 
                  
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                     go
                  
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                    But that path just 
                  
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                     wasn’t for her                          
                  
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                     She got out faster than the 
                  
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                     fireworks
                  
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                     Never took time to 
                  
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                     slow it down  
                  
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                     Now she’s 
                  
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                     back in her 
                  
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                     hometown

Chorus

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                     Looking 
                  
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                     out at the cedars and the 
                  
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                    oaks
                  
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                     The 
                  
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                     mourning dove sings beneath the 
                  
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                    sky of blue 
                  
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                    All the thoughts that 
                  
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                     led her out
                  
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                     On that road, 
                  
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                     without a doubt
                  
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                     Somewhere they 
                  
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                     fizzled out
                  
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                     Now she’s 
                  
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                     back in her 
                  
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                     hometown

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Verse 3

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                     What makes a life complete?
                  
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                     Roads traveled and the 
                  
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                     people you meet?
                  
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                     Or is it just the 
                  
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                     silence
                  
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                     Of the times in 
                  
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                     between?
                  
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                     Her mind is racing as she 
                  
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                     sits alone
                  
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                     In the place that she 
                  
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                     used to call home
                  
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                     Memories are 
                  
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                     all around
                  
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                     Back in her 
                  
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                     hometown

Chorus

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                     Looking 
                  
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                     out at the light above the 
                  
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                     hills
                  
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                     Her 
                  
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                     Mama sings beneath the sky of 
                  
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                     blue      
                  
                    All the thoughts that 
                  
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                     led her out
                  
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                     On that road, 
                  
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                     without a doubt
                  
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                     Somewhere they 
                  
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                     fizzled out
                  
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                     Back 
                  
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                     in her 
                  
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                     hometown

SOLO

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Outro

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Somewhere they

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fizzled out

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Back in her

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hometown

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