everybody want nashville tennessee platinum records and big ol dreams so you play from your heart and you act the part until they tell you one day you re gonna be a star but the years go by and you dream of home where everybody knows and sings your songs and these washed out covers they re getting old and i just wanna go home where i m a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero the view of the crowd never seems to change cigarette clouds in a dark blue haze are the lights to bright do i sing too loud is the pressure from the critics getting me down i remember back home how they set up my stage the lights were just right i didnt need to get paid with a bucket of beer waiting for the band and the crowd in the palm of my hand cuz i m a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero its where i learned how to dance i got my first band my daddy taught me how to be a good man i learned how to kiss for the very first time drove late at night with no headlights when i play at the stage on broadway with a bought out band who i cant relate i dream of my home i dream of my friends i wanna go back to where it all began  cuz i m a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero cuz im a hometown hero playing my songs for everybody i know i m a hometown hero playing for the faces that wrote my songs i m a hometown hometown hero
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