hometown hero

tell your folks that i get out today

and how your man thirsts

and how his mind works

and tell the kids that i am here to stay

and tell your new one

that he is my son

can't you feel it? your hometown hero is home

babe

it's independence day

can't you see the rockets

the red glare?

and all her dreamers

and party streamers

i'd rather be with you here than anywhere

it felt like a century

in the penitentiary

can't you feel it? your hometown hero is home

babe

it's independence day

can't you feel it? your hometown hero is home

babe

can almost taste it

the whole town's amazin'

threw your man his own parade

you crack one face at a pirates game

they don't care who you are

they just put you away

can't you feel it? that hometown spirit is home

babe

it's independence day