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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Passed the rusted water tower
Name of this town peeling off blue paint
Same old guy at the station counting scratch-offs
Says, "Boy, you been gone, but you ain’t faint"
Stadium lights on a busted Friday
Field’s all weeds, but I still see white lines
Your old Jeep parked where the grass meets gravel
Two kids tangled up in borrowed time
[Chorus]
I keep driving through my hometown
Windows down, let the years rush in
Every cracked red brick, every dead-end road
Pulls me back to the kid I’ve been
Yeah, the signs all say I outgrew this place
But the backroads still know my name
I keep driving through my hometown
And it hits me just the same (oh, it hits me just the same)
[Verse 2]
Mama’s porch light still flickers past midnight
Her chair’s got a dent with my shape in the foam
Mailbox leans like it drank too heavy
Still stuffed with bills and church invite notes
Main Street bar got a brand-new jukebox
But they’re playing that song we wore thin
Couple of faces I don’t even recognize
But they’re laughing like we did back then
[Chorus]
I keep driving through my hometown
Windows down, let the years rush in
Every cracked red brick, every dead-end road
Pulls me back to the kid I’ve been
Yeah, the signs all say I outgrew this place
But the backroads still know my name
I keep driving through my hometown
And it hits me just the same (just the same)
[Bridge]
Thought I traded all this for a bigger view
Neon skyline, brand-new shoes
But this two-lane mirror shows the truth
I’ve got one heart, split in two (hey)
[Chorus]
I keep driving through my hometown
Windows down, let the years rush in
Every cracked red brick, every dead-end road
Pulls me back to the kid I’ve been
Yeah, I’ve changed my clothes, changed my face, changed my fate
But the backroads still know my name
I keep driving through my hometown
And it hits me just the same
[Chorus]
I keep driving through my hometown
Singing loud like I never left
Every store front ghost, every burned-out sign
Feels like a promise I never kept
Yeah, the man I am and the boy I was
Meet halfway in the high school lane
I keep driving through my hometown
And the backroads still know my name (oh, they still know my name)
Details
GeneratedApr 11, 2026
Duration4:07
LanguageEnglish
Style
rock, Anthemic late-2000s alt-country meets modern pop-country: overdriven electric guitars and steady 808-style low end under a four-on-the-floor kick, chugging acoustic in the verses. Male vocals with a bit of grit; big gang shouts and stacked harmonies on the chorus. Second half adds organ swells and a soaring lead guitar line for a stadium-ready outro., country rock, electric, male vocals, pop, country, alternative country, rhythmic
Credits
Prompt by
Jpaul14
Jpaul14ModelAria v5.5
Prompt
Driving through my hometown, alternative country, electric, 808s, male vocals, country, anthemic, country rock, country, pop country, late 2000s alt-country, pop, rhythmic, melodic, modern country
