Hometown - Sarah Jarosz

Short cut to a quick buck is working all the time Renting out your mind and saving every dime Because when ten of those combine, they cross a sacred line And go from pocket change to a gold mine She said she'd be down to hang out With her parents out of town She was hoping I'm around For a party at her vacant place I said I'd come Showed up and felt out of place, so I headed home That's when she texts my phone and ask me where I was and when I said I was gone She broke my spine And in that pain I realized that every dime I've ever saved It wasn't worth anything What's the drive in being alive when you don't know who you are? What's the fun in getting drunk if you can't take it too far? Yeah, my friends are saying I've been wasting all my weekends contemplating If it's me or the booze that really gets wasted I don't even taste it I'm throwing back shots as if it's a race Then quickly chase them Without a mouth, I'm so down But my hometown, it only makes me feel alone And just when I Hometown girls are my greatest fear So, in a couple days, I'll be off to college for another year Thinking, I'm getting away by hitting the road Somehow, she make it to all of my shows, now where can I go? Girl, it's a simple matter Your painted finger on my tongue So I can taste the lacquer Relive each door that you have touched And then she split my lips And for three whole days I tried to speak but everyone agreed They couldn't hear a word I'd say What's the drive in being alive when you don't know who you are? What's the fun in getting drunk if you can't take it too far? I'm saying, "Oh, I don't know Take me anywhere but home" Without a mouth, I'm so down But my hometown, it only makes me feel alone And just when I think I'm in the clear She hook her hair behind her ear She said I'm going down She said, "Baby, it's okay to feel The way you do if you keep it to yourself" Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips But it sure ain't no fun with no teeth and no tongue Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips But it sure ain't no fun with no teeth and no tongue Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips I say, "Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips" I say, "Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips" Without a mouth, I'm so down But my hometown, it only makes me feel alone Just when I think I'm in the clear She hook her hair behind her ear She said, "Babe, are you aware Of who I am?"

Look away while you still can Close your eyes, say goodbye to this strange land You never thought you had it good And high school was just football games and processed food You've been picking through the weeds too long Surrounded by the echoes of a dream gone wrong And running through the fields that led To nothing but a song you're singing in your head Drive across the desert in a blue Ford Escape Hopefully this car will live up to its name You got 90 miles out of town When you started thinking you should turn the car around And go back home to your reckless dad Maybe this time he'll convince you that it's not so bad But then you snapped back down from outer space And stared into the rear view mirror at your face Your swollen eyes and beaded sweat Tattoos on your forehead and around your neck Drive across the desert in a blue Ford Escape Hopefully this car will live up to its name Drive across the desert in a blue Ford Escape Hopefully this car will live up to its name Maggie, are you listening in your blue Ford Escape? Hopefully your car will live up to its name

A long, long time ago in a little Texas town Eve made her way to the field below To have a look around, girls, to have a look around Down, down Evedid go, further in the fields When she heard a voice singing sweet and low Dig in with your heels, girl, dig in with your heels Eyes wide, heart inside like a gavel comin' down All around her brain was the sweet refrain Keep following the sound, girl, keep following the sound They'll try to take you for a ride They'll muddy all the good you've got inside They'll twist your heart until it's black and blue But don't let 'em keep you down, girl Don't let 'em keep you down Miles, miles Eve did go, when at last she came upon The source of the sound in the watery ground And the night was coming on, girls, the night was coming on Through the wilderness and the cypress trees And the night birds all around She made her way to the river's edge And her mother there she found, girls, her mother there she found Eyes wide, heart inside like a gavel comin' down When her mother said, come and rest your head I'll tell you what I've found, girl, I'll tell you what I've found They'll try to take you for a ride They'll muddy all the good you've got inside They'll twist your heart until it's black and blue But don't let 'em keep you down, girl Don't let 'em keep you down