Hometown Heroes

Ah Henry, you sure bought that whole James Dean thing



Right down to the end



Drinking beer, banging gears



On the outside looking in



It was a desperate time on small town stage



With no prize comin' for the coming of age



So you burned with a passion and you burned with a rage



Till the fire done pulled you in



And, me I was just a green-eyed kid



And you were two years older than me



As I look back on those days my friend



You were what we all wanted to be



Henry, you were quick with a smile



Good with a wheel, cool with the women



As you made your spiel



Like we were all gonna rise in flash of steel



In some teenage fantasy



So look out you hometown heroes



Look out you homecoming queens



There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight



And he's coming apart at the seams



Now your old man still stares at the streets sometimes



With that lost look in his eyes



And your sad momma wakes in the heat of the night



And thinks about her baby and cries



Now the all-night crew's all settled down



It's been thirteen years in the same old town



The sun comes up and the rain falls down



On that hillside where you lie



So look out you hometown heroes



Look out you homecoming queens



There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight



And he's coming apart at the seams



So look out you hometown heroes



Look out you homecoming queens



There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight



And he's coming apart at the seams



So look out you hometown heroes



Look out you homecoming queens



There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight



And he's coming apart at the seams