Pay Me My Money Down
00:17.83]I  was  eight  years  old  and  running  with  a  dime  in  my  hand
00:25.89]Into  the  bus  stop  to  pick  up  a  paper  for  my  old  man
00:34.00]I ′d  sit  on  his  lap  in  that  big  old  Buick  and  steer  as  we  drove  through  town
00:42.09]He ′d  tousle  my  hair  and  say  son  take  a  good  look  around  this  is  your  hometown
00:54.32]This  is  your  hometown
00:58.89]This  is  your  hometown
01:02.78]This  is  your  hometown
01:11.15]In `65tension  was  running  high  at  my  high  school
01:19.30]There  was  a  lot  of  fights  between  the  black  and  white
01:23.21]There  was  nothing  you  could  do
01:27.50]Two  cars  at  a  light  on  a  Saturday  night  in  the  back  seat  there  was  a  gun
01:35.56]Words  were  passed  in  a  shotgun  blast
01:39.28]Troubled  times  had  come  to  my  hometown
01:47.73]My  hometown
01:51.86]My  hometown
01:55.79]My  hometown
02:03.99]Now  Main  Street ′s  whitewashed  windows  and  vacant  stores
02:12.06]Seems  like  there  ain ′t  nobody  wants  to  come  down  here  no  more
02:20.25]They ′re  closing  down  the  textile  mill  across  the  railroad  tracks
02:28.13]Foreman  says  these  jobs  are  going  boys  and  they  ain ′t  coming  back  to  your  hometown
02:40.69]Your  hometown
02:44.76]Your  hometown
02:48.88]Your  hometown
02:57.07]Last  night  me  and  Kate  we  laid  in  bed
03:00.98]talking  about  getting  out
03:05.31]Packing  up  our  bags  maybe  heading  south
03:13.38]I ′m  thirty-five  we  got  a  boy  of  our  own  now
03:20.98]Last  night  I  sat  him  up  behind  the  wheel  and  said  son  take  a  good  look  around
03:31.82]This  is  your  hometown