Down In My Hometown - The Flatlanders

Down in my hometown

There is a fortune

They used call it gold

But now it’s love I’m told

With a worried mind

I put my time in

But hunger comes and goes

Even while the wild wind blows

Now I could sing you a song of inspiration

Or of new world where everyone is free

But know you there ain’t no new way to salvation

The time is gettin' short, my friends, for you and me

Down in my hometown

There is a fortune

They used call it gold

But now it’s love I’m told

(Instrumental)

Now when I left there, my eyes cast down in sorrow

So very soon I found the darkness on the ground

And now I see the clouds a' gatherin' for tomorrow

But I must journey on the one road I have found

Down in my hometown

There is a fortune

They used call it gold

But now it’s love I’m told

With a worried mind

I put my time in

But hunger comes and goes

Even while the wild wind blows