Oaktown

Hometown memory, you shine so bright,

hometown memory, you glow in your own right.

I looked for a star in the morning light

and I nervously shivered in my home town tonight.

Oaktown silhouette carved in my name

Oaktown silhouette, that is what I became

I see it and feel humbled by what’s been given to me

now I no longer know the faces in Oaktown I see.

I couldn’t stay longer,

couldn’t breathe,

couldn’t fly.

I jumped on the train, but I didn’t know why,

I had to get out before I felt the light,

and warmth from the oak town,

that burns here tonight.

Small town insecurities have followed me far.

Small town insecurities in my bones and my heart.

I wrestled you hard, I stumbled but stood,

til love came my way, and I understood.

I couldn’t stay longer,

couldn’t breathe,

couldn’t fly.

I jumped on the train, but I didn’t know why,

I had to get out before I felt the light,

and warmth from the oak town,

that burns here tonight.

Childhood pictures, loving, secure and fun.

Childhood pictures, of me on the run.

I open the boxes that were left behind:

there is a map, in there some where, I am trying to find.

I couldn’t stay longer,

couldn’t breathe,

couldn’t fly.

I jumped on the train, but I didn’t know why,

I had to get out before I felt the light,

and warmth from the oak town,

that burns here tonight.