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Your Hometown

from Apocalypse Songs by Aaron J. Shay

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When we were young, the world was no bigger than
The footprints that we made
The years have gone by and now we call them "history"
But still here you have stayed
And I'm sure you've got your reasons
For watching the passing seasons
As they all fall down; why don’t you leave your hometown?
There was a time I thought I knew nearly everything
I could expect to know
But the farther from home my poor feet carried me
The smaller I seemed to grow
There's so much that I have seen
Some of it sacred and some obscene
Don't you let yourself down, why don’t you leave your hometown? Leave your hometown, leave your hometown
Well, you don't have to leave it for long, just leave it by far
Catch a ride on a passing ship, follow someone else's star
Just a thousand miles away
Pack a bag, let's leave today
Leave your hometown, leave your hometown
Come with me and we'll find ourselves a place where
Nobody knows our names
You and I will learn a few new ways to choose family
And kindle a couple of flames
We'll attend many grand occasions
And meet strangers of all persuasions
Wearing suits and gowns, who all left their hometowns
Leave your hometown, leave your hometown
Well, you don't have to leave it for long, just leave it by far
Catch a ride on a passing ship, follow someone else's star
Just a thousand miles away
Pack a bag, let's leave today
Leave your hometown, leave your hometown
And then someday, when you've had your fill, you will finally return To the streets you once wore thin with walking
To the good things that you have earned
Maybe nothing will look the same
And maybe this ain't the place you came from
But nothing's torn down; you left your hometown

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from Apocalypse Songs, released January 26, 2019

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Aaron J. Shay Seattle, Washington

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Sci-fi storyteller and banjo balladeer. I believe in the good kind of apocalypse.

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