Hate This Hometown

All the stereotypes, Friday night lights, I hate to say they're true All the football games and the drama queens with nothin' better to do I swore I wouldn't miss that I said I'd never come back here Had the U-Haul packed before I walked the stage at graduation I was ready to fly over the red lights that kept me waitin' From the second they turned green I got out and gone for three years It's amazing what a little time and space Can do to a place When I drive down these roads, I see you and me at 16 When I never could've known comin' back would be so sweet Every chance I get, I wanna go now Every memory makes me wanna slow down You make it hard to hate this hometown That nothing-going-on corner store and that lake view parkin' lot Your parents' old red brick house, they moved out But it's still got a whole lot of you and me And baby, that's all I see now It's amazin' what fallin' in love will do To a place you thought you knew When I drive down these roads, I see you and me at 16 When I never could've known comin' back would be so sweet Every chance I get, I wanna go now Every memory makes me wanna slow down You make it hard to hate this hometown You make it hard to hate this hometown You make it hard to hate this hometown When I drive down these roads, yeah, I almost wanna stay Oh, I never could've known how my feelings could change Every chance that I get, I wanna go now Every memory makes me wanna slow down You make it hard to hate this hometown You make it hard to hate this hometown, mm