My Hometown by The Small Calamities Lyrics

There’s a picture in the restroom of a volleyball charade
Next to sidewalk conversations with a man on roller blades
He’s playin’ metal on the corner and he’s been since seventy
And his lunch was twenty dollars but you know it’s gluten free
And hey, I’ve been down this road
Hey, I’ve been down this road

I remember high school like a panoramic dream
But there were days and weeks and months where I was somewhere in between
And I learned to learn wisely, and I learned about touch
And I thought I knew disaster and I thought I knew too much
Hey, I’ve been down this road
Hey, I’ve been down this road


[Chorus]
And the memories point backwards
Where the people are the same
And they're painting picket fences on the wire
Things have changed, things will change in my hometown
Things will change in my hometown
There are movie stars in makeup in the supermarket line
My taxi driver tells me “don’t you worry, Lindsay’s fine”
And everyone has watches on but nobody has time
It’s the price of sleeping Saturdays with angels close behind
Hey, I’ve been down this road
Hey, I’ve been down this road


That city taught me everything , it brought me my first love
And the drunken dating afterwards when that one was enough
It taught me about death and what it means to stay alive
There was an evening on a corner in July I almost died
But hey, I’ve been down that road
Hey, I’ve been down this road

[Repeat Chorus]

Just a bike stampede at midnight
And latte with soy foam
And January miniskirts reminding you you’re home
Hey, when I take that road
Hey, I’ve been down that road