Hometown Heartbreak

(hummmm) Everybody knows everybody here,

Every porch has got an ear,

Every little story travels fast,

Especially stories about the past.

I saw you yesterday downtown,

You looked right through me without a sound,

Funny how a little town can feel

Like the biggest place in the world.

I've got a hometown heartbreak,

And everybody knows my name,

They know where we first kissed,

They know who walked away.

I can change my street,

I can change my car,

But you can't outrun a memory When everybody knows where you are.

The diner still has our booth,

The jukebox still plays our song,

I tell myself I've moved ahead,

Then somebody asks

what went wrong. Maybe someday

I'll leave this place,

Find another town and another face,

But if I hear your name on a Friday night,

I'll probably still look around.

I've got a hometown heartbreak,

And it's following me home,

Funny thing about leaving—

You can leave

without being gone. (leaving without being gone...)