Fifteen fortune seekers Found a new place they call home Beneath the old gasoline station Where the railway starts to flow Out of this town where The heroes hide away Where kids grow up to tell their part Of the hometown story Many years they went out to Where no one else will find Faith became their castle Till the ground was set on fire Summer turned to winter Friends became enemies The change of seasons took its stand In the hometown story Then came the rain Then came the night The street looked like a mirror Took them to the other side Promises were holy Life was all around I guess there's nothing left for them In the backstreets of this town Who's the one who clears your eyes When tears can't hide the pain? Who's the one you run to When the whole town calls your name? Who will be your fire When the mirror starts to freeze? The truth is hard to find between the lines In the hometown story Then came the rain Then came the night There ain't no more fortune left Beyond the other mirror side Then on the mainstreet Snow came falling down There's so much left for you and me In the backstreets of this town Those last few days, we didn't take The time to speak our minds Some of us they learned to see While some of us got blind The salt inside my eyes Hurts like some memories The time is right to find yourself In the hometown story