She was the prettiest girl in my hometown nI never thought nothing would bring her downn‘til I came back ‘round and I saw her at the corner storennShe was ringing up beers and holding back tearsnCarrying the weight of the last 6 yearsnThe sparkle in her eye wasn’t there no morennShe was counting down the minutes ‘til she could lock up that doornnWell I asked her how she was doin’ She told me how she’d beennShe said you wouldn’t believe the mess I’m innMy life now has become such a damn disgracennI said surely it just can’t be that badnShe said you ain’t seen the rough run of luck I’ve hadnThe tears she was holdin’ back were on her facennShe said I just need someone to come along and get me out of this placennAnd she said…nnChorus:nnTake me away from this citynTake me away from this townnAll my friends have up and left menGot me feelin’ all broke downnnTake me away from this citynOff to a place so far awayn‘Cause the guys like you are always leavingnAnd girls like me are bound to staynnVerse 2:nnWell closing time came and passednWe finally found a place we could go at lastnTo sit down and talk for a whilennWell she let it all out and I took it all innI tried my best to be a damn good friendnListen to her troubles and her trialsnnI even tried to see if maybe I could make her smilennPedal Steel SolonnVerse 3:nnYou see the hometown blues will never go awayn‘til you wake up in the morning one day and saynI think it’s time that I be movin’ alongnIt don’t matter where you go or how long you staynThe point is you just gotta get awaynDon’t worry about being right or being wrongnnYou sure as Hell don’t wanna wind up the subject of a country songnnWhere she said…nnChorusn