This Town

(Vibe: “More Than My Hometown” — leaving town; twist: soldier outgrows home but still loves it)Tone: Nostalgic, bittersweet, wide-open-road**
Verse 1
I love this town with its rust and charm,The old mill smoke and my childhood barn.Friday-night lights and muddy fields,Dirt-road dreams and steering wheel feels.This place raised me from boy to man,Taught me grit, taught me to stand.But somewhere between the church and store,My heart kept asking for something more.
Verse 2
I joined up young and left these streets,Traded tractors for desert heat.Came back older, carved and worn—A different man than the one they’d sworn.I love this place, but it’s too damn smallFor the things I’ve seen, the rise, the fall.My roots are here, but my wings grew wide—And life keeps pulling me outside.
Pre-Chorus
Sometimes leaving ain’t a sin—It’s how you come home again.
Chorus
I’m more than my hometown could hold,Got stories heavy, got dreams bold.I’ll always love these fields, these roads,But I’m chasing life where the horizon glows.I ain’t gone forever—just breakin’ the mold…I’m more than my hometownCould hold.
Bridge
I’ll carry its dust wherever I roam—This town built me, even when I outgrew home.

* Instruments: Acoustic, wide electric, steel, tom-driven drums

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