Hometown

On the verge of a breakdown

Back in her

hometown

Never thought she'd

settle down

In a place like

this

Cold coffee on the

back porch

Wooden chair rocking

back and forth

Now she wonders how it

all went down

Back in her

hometown

Most people never left

Found a job and

filled in the rest

Never got around to

leaving the nest

Holding on to not let

go

But that path just

wasn’t for her

She got out faster than the

fireworks

Never took time to

slow it down

Now she’s

back in her

hometown

Looking

out at the cedars and the

oaks

The

mourning dove sings beneath the

sky of blue

All the thoughts that

led her out

On that road,

without a doubt

Somewhere they

fizzled out

Now she’s

back in her

hometown

What makes a life complete?

Roads traveled and the

people you meet?

Or is it just the

silence

Of the times in

between?

Her mind is racing as she

sits alone

In the place that she

used to call home

Memories are

all around

Back in her

hometown

Looking

out at the light above the

hills

Her

Mama sings beneath the sky of

blue

All the thoughts that

led her out

On that road,

without a doubt

Somewhere they

fizzled out

Back

in her

hometown

Somewhere they

fizzled out

Back in her

hometown