Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown Lyrics






I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
He'd tousle my hair and say son take a good look around this is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown

In '65 tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come to my hometown
My hometown
My hometown
My hometown

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
talking about getting out
Packing up our bags maybe heading south
I'm thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around
This is your hometown





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  1. j.... e....

    2.2k people have no hometown and had sad lives!!

  2. G.... S....

    Inigualable el jefe!
    Leyenda viviente

  3. a.... d....

    Canzone bella memorabile !! Una delle più belle che Bruce abbia mai scritto!!!😪🙄😮😍😍😍😍😘😘😆

  4. A.... T....

    amo esta cancion. my hometown...

  5. M.... B....

    FFS.... who will replace this man.... so sad.... end of a special line!!

  6. W.... L....

    35 anos depois continua sendo fantástico. Grande Bruce Springsteen. Cadê os BR???

    W.... L....

    Estou aqui também curtindo um dos maiores ícones da música dos Estados Unidos.

    W.... L....

    Eu também estou curtindo muito bom

  7. B.... ....

    Bruce you helped cause this by backing Obama,,,how about fixing what you did with your $$$$$$

  8. P.... P....

    My hometown:

    P.... P....

    Halle saale

  9. G.... B....

    My Home Town I love Casablanca Morocco.

  10. I.... T....

    Bruce is only singer who can make me cry whether happy or sad. Dont agree politically with him but the man is a legend. Bruce is America.

  11. D.... M....

    Bruce Springsteen’s you the best I

  12. W.... K....

    Great singer of all time wungren kasar 7 dec2019 ukhrul

  13. s.... s....

    Bruce is a very humble man and a very good person he also went abroad and I was there Thank you and your band for being kind we love you and your band xxxxxxx

  14. e.... g....

    Unforgettable!

  15. T.... R....

    Springsteen is a hypocrite.

  16. T.... H....

    As a parent, one of my strongest regrets is that I never gave my son a home town. Every time he began to get a sense of somewhere as home, we had to move on.

  17. D.... D....

    He is a national treasure, the best

  18. m.... ....

    Que voz tem esse cara...Maravilhoso único amooo💋😍

  19. T.... P....

    Annoying man can sure write a good song...

  20. B.... ....

    Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown THAT's BRUSE Supporting Obama TO SHUT DOWN JOBS.....Thanks BRUSE, wow you f'd up,,,,,,

  21. K.... S....

    Bruce komm bitte bald wieder nach München mit Deiner E- street Band....bitte!!!

  22. T.... M....

    I'm actually from the town Bruce Springsteen grew up in

  23. A.... K....

    this is SO CRUEL!

  24. G.... P....

    Feeling down at the moment wife in hospital but this song Blow's me away love it X ❤

    G.... P....

    Hope things get better for you soon.

  25. M.... Z....

    The best ....

  26. G.... P....

    London by birth Millwall by the grace of God this is my home town x

  27. N.... L....

    E A SORENTO preta chora no140ph piza pé de marreta

  28. A.... W....

    Absolutely great song.....

  29. B.... A....

    Love you Bruce...

  30. R.... K....

    Great !!!

  31. G.... P....

    I remember Bruce told a story before he sang this song, it was about his Dad going to work, to make money to buy A turkey for Thanksgiving, then to buy Christmas gifts, then Shoes for school, My Dad a Union Electrician lived this life, I remember wondering why My Dad had to get up and go to work on Freezing Cold days in Buffalo NY, and I cold stay in my warm bed, Dad was working class, Salt of the Earth, and could fix anything, RIP DAD, See you on the other side.

    G.... P....

    Lovely story. God bless you and your family.

    G.... P....

    My dad signed a 20 year contract (as a 15 year old) to join the US Navy during WWII as a Filipino National...limited to choice of jobs and max ceiling rank of E-6...sworn to secrecy during Bikini Island nuclear testing, he still has keloid scars that seem to have NEVER healed. He refused to seek a VA disability for injuries that he could not speak nor write about. A year ago, he got his 1st helicopter ride...a life flight to Sarasota Memorial for an fall...doctors there also thought he suffered a mild heart attack...shut everyone up including my sister the nurse (she knows everything, just ask her) by walking TWICE around the entire ward floor instead of down the hall & back...he is still tough as nails !

    G.... P....

    Really? I remember him saying,"I was twelve going on thirteen first time I saw a dead human being.It happened in the summer of nineteen-fifty-nine. A long time ago, But only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only 1281 people, but to me it was the whole world.

    G.... P....

    God bless , from a working class dad from Liverpool England

    G.... P....

    You guys bring tears to my eyes since we all feel we have/had a hard life. It seems hardship is not limited to specific countries. God bless you all-from Vryburg, Republic of South Africa.👍

  32. b.... m....

    is it ok i just cryed my eyes out

  33. S.... J....

    Super song , zuwenig gibt es heut davon !

  34. M.... J....

    Le BOSSE

  35. R.... C....

    This live version is better than the studio version!!

  36. h.... 1....

    Zabranjeno pušenje - Fildžan viška

  37. A.... D....

    Never get tired of the Boss...!
    Some of the best songs/lyrics ever written....

  38. T.... C....

    Bruce captures something in his lyrics ( that is somehow all American) of a life I used to dream of as a small boy who was USA mad ...cars, California the Mississippi.the dukes of hazard..country.the beach boys New Orleans ,good morning America ( the song ) ..well I never made it to live in the states but still got Bruce to take me there

  39. M.... V....

    Amo demais.
    Que saudade dessa época. Vem tudo à tona. 😍😍

  40. S.... O....

    Wow, I swear I can close my eyes and see every detail of my small hometown, even the brick streets in the town square.

    S.... O....

    Right? You know it.

  41. D.... O....

    Takes me right back to the 80's

  42. g.... ....

    Everytime you listen to this song you have a new understanding of your position in life.

  43. C.... M....

    ❤❤BRUCE BOSS FRIEND❤💙💛👏👐✌😚🌜🎶🎸

  44. J.... G....

    Freehold New Jersey. I grew up there too. Great song.

  45. a.... d....

    Questa canzone e toccante commovente bella!!😢😢🤗🤗😇😍😍😘🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶💋💗💔💔

  46. R.... T....

    My home town was and is my fuck knows wat anymore

  47. p.... ....

    This is the pessismistic ethos of Obama. The jobs ARE coming back, and it was never the workers' fault they went away.

  48. y.... h....

    This ballad brings the "Deer Hunter" images to my mind and a lump to my throat every time I listen to it. The two were several years apart. Maybe it was because they were both germinated in the same melancholic era of my youth that's dwindled in the rearview of my memory lane.

  49. G.... H....

    I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD RUNNING WITH A DIME IN MY HAND TO GO DOWNTOWN TO PICK UP A PAPER FOR MY OLD MAN ID SIT ON HIS LAP A BIG OLD BUICK AS WED CRUISE THRU TOWN HED TASSLE MY HAIR THIS IS YOUR HOMETOWN

  50. A.... S....

    Always love Bruce Springsteen and still a fan my fava song is this one My hometown. Way to go Bruce

  51. L.... ....

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  52. L.... ....

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  53. P.... M....

    Bruce, please, stay out of politics....nothing good will come of it. Let us ALL enjoy your music.

  54. R.... L....

    maravilhoso!! Eu amo!!

  55. S.... ....

    Always had your back #Kahlef

    S.... ....

    Use your gift....you know what I am saying....you got it🎁🎫

    S.... ....

    #Kahlef #Spartan

  56. S.... ....

    I miss my superbowl shuffle record that went #missing 🤔 so did my Grandpa's G ring from his house in #Rockford

    S.... ....

    #BOSS love you!😘

  57. S.... ....

    My first box ALBUM was you....#Bruce Springsteen it was the coolest design and packaging that had your music in it!

  58. S.... ....

    #Bruce Springsteen your the #BOSS

  59. S.... ....

    #Aurora

  60. P.... M....

    👍🏻❤️😍

  61. P.... M....

    Entrañable persona mágico lo que te hace sentir en el escenario, Adorable, grande...... Boos, Bruce Sprinteeng💞💞💞💞💞💞💞❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍

  62. a.... ....

    Bhí mé ocht mbliana d’aois agus ag rith le dime i mo lámh, isteach sa bhus chun páipéar a phiocadh suas do mo sheanfhear ... !

  63. S.... K....

    I would like to hear the comments of those who did not like this song and live presentation. What was there not to like??? The song, the singing, the great E Street Band??

    S.... K....

    Trolls with nothing better to do.

    S.... K....

    @Fred Stuckmann - this music has such genuine goodness to it and a sadness that things struggle hard to get better - thoughtless input from them that would find no meaning here. Bruce had a good mom.

    S.... K....

    @Shadow Knight I find that most of Bruce's compositions reflect some part of my 72 years on this planet. He is real, as are his songs. Some folks just dislike anything that doesn't fit through their narrow door. That's their choice and I respect their decisions, even though I might not agree with them.

  64. K.... J....

    Listening in 2019; his songs take me straight to my childhood, picturing my mom and dad: young, dumb, crazy in love.. it feels warm and happy- 30 years later even more special , R.I.P mom&dad💗

  65. S.... G....

    👑👑👏👏👏💖💖💖💖👄👄👄

  66. L.... E....

    I am a Jersey girl,miss my little town,the bakery,butcher,ice cream shop, knew every shop owners name,knew my neighbors names, live in CA now don't know anyone's name,so sad..................

  67. c.... y....

    This song gets you down deep.

  68. D.... P....

    Dio..quanto e bellooooo...💓💓💓

  69. S.... W....

    I saw you in the vanity fair magazine once

  70. J.... B....

    Só quem gosta de música boa 2019

  71. B.... E....

    Last night me and Kate laid in bed talking about getting out ......not wanting to leave but have to 😢

  72. R.... T....

    Clarence 🎷🙏

  73. F.... F....

    What year is this video?

  74. B.... L....

    Thank god trump is bringing jobs back to your hometown

  75. A.... M....

    I go to my hometown and I'm always sad about the boarded up windows on Main St, and the actual textile mills across the railroad track. It's eerily accurate. It's like he drove through my hometown.

  76. A.... M....

    2000 people gave this song a thumbs down. I just don't understand that

  77. M.... 1....

    ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  78. p.... d....

    Americans, you should be proud of this man. There is the real spirit of your country and culture in his lyrics, but his songs are understandable for the people all over the world. He's your national bard, not only a singer. Greetings from Poland!

  79. m.... a....

    It was such a beautiful era.love you Bruce
    Thank you for the beautiful music.I grew up in a small town in oklahoma.I have lived in towns in tx for 38yrs.I wouldnt take anything for either of these places.love the country and the city.America the beautiful.were every nationality in the world.God bless America💞🖒🖒🖒💗💟❣💖💕💔💜

  80. J.... J....

    Hail
    💙🐧

  81. U.... M....

    The music of the 80's had feelings and depth. Unfortunately, today's music seems to have lost that. Powerful as an axe blow in your heart, and sweet as a whisper in your heart. One of the best voices ever. Big Hugs.

  82. R.... M....

    I ❤ this song. My favourite.

  83. D.... L....

    Scotland made your country from Scottish immigrants

  84. G.... T....

    Funny how how the Boss could see into the future a lot of truth to this song!!

  85. D.... D....

    Homer City pa....your hometown?

  86. M.... C....

    2019 , and this song never gets old..I sad kids today won't ever know that true value of what music is all about and the pure genuinely person behind this kind of music.....

    M.... C....

    Exactly. And, neither will they get the feeling of the soul of a small town! (If they're from one) The town I grew up in went through a major recession, with the closing of the only work it offered. Then, what was left of it; Walmart went in & ruined independent shops on Main Street!

  87. J.... V....

    Beautiful interpretation...

  88. t.... k....

    MY HOMETOWN DANVILLE VIRGINIA BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PLACE💖💗🎵🎼🎶💙

  89. G.... S....

    El jefe, nacido para cantar, único, una leyenda viviente

  90. P.... ....

    1984 - Back when MUSICIANS made MUSIC.

  91. �.... �....

    👍👍👍👍👍👍

  92. a.... d....

    Una Delle piu Belle canzoni in assoluto!! Bruce la canta meravigliosamente bene!! 😌😌🤗🤗😘😘💔💔💔💓💓🌞💟💋😍♥️♥️

  93. W.... G....

    Great 💥🎸🙏

  94. B.... ....

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A ONE OF A KIND, A LEGEND! #TheBoss 💜🙌🎉 Thank You for all the stories and sharing this journey w us! 🙌🎂

  95. R.... C....

    As far as his hometown is concerned I bet Bruce never wants to go and live there again.

  96. N.... M....

    Happy Birthday to Bruce