Rich Veltrop - Hometown Hero lyrics

[Verse 1] Everybody want Nashville, Tennessee Platinum records and big 'ol dreams So you play from your heart And you act the part Until they tell you "One day you're gonna be a star" But the years go by and you dream of home Where everybody knows and sings your songs And these washed out covers They're getting old And I just wanna go home [Chorus] Where I'm a Hometown Hero Playing my songs for everybody I know I'm a Hometown Hero Playing for the faces that wrote my songs I'm a Hometown, Hometown Hero [Verse 2] The view of the crowd never seems to change Cigarette clouds in a dark blue haze Are the lights to bright? Do I sing too loud? Is the pressure from the critics getting me down? I remember back home, how they set up my stage The lights were just right, I didn't need to get paid With a bucket of beer waiting for the band And the crowd in the palm of my hand [Chorus] ‘Cuz I'm a Hometown Hero Playing my songs for everybody I know I'm a Hometown Hero Playing for the faces that wrote my songs I'm a Hometown, Hometown Hero [Bridge] It's where I learned how to dance, I got my first band My daddy taught me how to be a good man I learned how to kiss for the very first time Drove late at night with no headlights When I play at “The Stage on Broadway” With a bought out band who I can't relate I dream of my home I dream of my friends I wanna go back to where it all began [Chorus] ‘Cuz I'm a Hometown Hero Playing my songs for everybody I know I'm a Hometown Hero Playing for the faces that wrote my songs I'm a Hometown, Hometown Hero [Chorus] ‘Cuz I'm a Hometown Hero Playing my songs for everybody I know I'm a Hometown Hero Playing for the faces that wrote my songs I'm a Hometown, Hometown Hero