Verse 1:
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I really have a yen, to go back once again
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Back to the place where no-one wears a frown
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To see once more those super special just plain folks
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In my home town
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No fellow could ignore, that little girl next door
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She sure looked sweet in her first evening gown
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Now there's a charge for what she used to give for free
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In my home town
Refrain 1:
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I remember Dan, the druggist on the corner
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He was never mean or ornery, he was swell
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He killed his mother-in-law and ground her up real well
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And sprinkled just a bit over each banana split
Verse 2:
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The guy that taught us math, who never took a bath
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Acquired a certain measure of renown
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And after school he sold the most amazing pictures
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In my home town
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That fellow was no fool, who taught us Sunday School
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And neither was our kindly Parson Brown
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In my home town
Refrain 2:
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I remember Sam , he was the village idiot
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Although it seems a pity it was so
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He loved to burn down houses just to watch the glow
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And nothing could be done, because he was the Mayor's son
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The guy that took a knife, and monogrammed his wife
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Then dropped her in the pond and watched her drown
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Oh, yes, indeed, the people there are just plain folks
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In my home town
Ahhhh... memories! Sounds just like my own home-town...