[Verse 1]
When I drove away, you just let me
Like you forgot about the day you met me
And all we've been through
Apache Blue
Meant more to me than it meant to you
Lt's a real hard lesson to learn
When the prodigal son returns
And there ain't no parade
All your records are shattered
There's new names hanging up in the rafters
[Chorus]
Slow down hometown
Why you gotta move so fast
Tell me why it feels like
I'm the only one looking back
Oh home sweet hometown
I hope that I made you proud
I wish you well‚ it hurts like hell
But you're somebody else's now
Hmm
[Verse 2]
Didn't think you could go on without me
Thought these streets revolved around me
But I outgrew you‚ couldn't hold me
Never thought that you'd outgrow me too
Used to think that I hated you
Now I wonder what l'd be if I stayed with you
Is there any part of me that you take with you
That you take with you
[Chorus]
Slow down hometown
Why you gotta move so fast
Tell me why it feels like
L'm the only one looking back
Oh home sweet hometown
I hope that I made you proud
I wish you well‚ it hurts like hell
But you're somebody else's now
Oh
[Bridge]
The house that I grew up in
Won't ever be home again, no
You never know what you got until it's gone
Truth is life goes on without me in it
But for just one minute
[Chorus]
Won't you slow down hometown
Why you gotta move so fast
Tell me why it feels like
L'm the only one looking back
Oh home sweet hometown
I hope that I made you proud
I wish you well, it hurts like hell
But you're somebody else's now
[Outro]
Slow down‚ slow down, slow down
Slow down, slow down‚ slow down
Slow down, slow down, slow down
Slow down, slow down, slow down
Oh
Slow Down Hometown was written by Pete Good & A.J. Babcock & Brandon Ratcliff & Shane McAnally.
Slow Down Hometown was produced by Pete Good & Shane McAnally.
Brandon Ratcliff released Slow Down Hometown on Fri Aug 16 2019.