Hometown - Sarah Jarosz

On the verge of a breakdown

Back in her hometown

Never thought she’d settle down

In a place like this

Cold coffee on the back porch

Wooden chair rocking back and forth

Now she wonders how it all went down

Back in her hometown

Most people never left

Found a job and filled in the rest

Never got around to leaving the nest

Holding on to not let go

But that path just wasn’t for her

She got out faster than the fireworks

Never took time to slow it down

Now she’s back in her hometown

Looking out at the cedars and the oaks

The mourning dove sings beneath the sky of blue

All the thoughts that led her out

On that road, without a doubt

Somewhere they fizzled out

Now she’s back in her hometown

What makes a life complete?

Roads traveled and people you meet?

Or is it just the silence of

The times in between?

Her mind is racing as she sits alone

In the place that she used to call home

Memories are all around

Back in her hometown

Looking out at the light above the hills

Her mama sings beneath the sky of blue

All the thoughts that led her out

On that road, without a doubt

Somewhere they fizzled out

Back in her hometown

Somewhere they fizzled out

Back in her hometown