Live 29 Jun 2000 version
I was eight years old 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, say son take a good look around
This is your hometown
It's your hometown
Your hometown
It's 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
Yeah to my hometown
Well to my hometown
My hometown
Yeah to my hometown
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows, vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wanna come down here no more
Well they're closing down the textile mill 'cross the railroad tracks
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back
To your hometown
Yeah to your hometown
Your hometown
Yeah to 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, said son take a good look around
This is your hometown
The above lyrics are for the live 29 Jun 2000 performance of MY HOMETOWN at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY, during The Reunion Tour. The song was played in a full-band arrangement. It was officially released on the Live 2-track promo single. See the "Official Releases" section below for more details.
The 29 Jun 2000 show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY, was the ninth of ten consecutive shows at the arena that concluded The Reunion Tour. Some of this show aired as part of HBO's Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live In New York City TV special and was subsequently included on the Live In New York City album and home video in 2001.
The live 29 Jun 2000 version of MY HOMETOWN was released on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live, a 2-track promo CD single given away exclusively with copies of the Live In New York City DVD and containing two otherwise unavailable live recordings from the 29 Jun 2000 show at Madison Square Garden. The track was also included on a very rare Columbia Records "in-house" promo CD-R.
List of available versions of MY HOMETOWN on this website:
MY HOMETOWN [Album version]
