Hometown Hero

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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hometown hero flexing his charm
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with a borderline joke to the 
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guys at the bar,
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and they slap their knees like 
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they've not heard it before.

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thirty-five years old wearing his 
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badge,
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nickname for life on the shoulder of
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his bomber that he wears as the 
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coach of the high school team.

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He lights his ciga-rette
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and says, "man these things will 
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kill me someday"
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raises his glass and says, "here's 
to hoping"

[Instrumental]
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hometown hero flexing his arm
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with a five-yard pass to the end 
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of the bar
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he says, "I'll be right back I'm 
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just gonna go grab another pack."

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walks one block to the all-night 
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station
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and steps in-to a situ-ation.
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there's a man with a gun pointed 
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at the nervous clerk.

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and before he could think,
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he was tack-ling the gunman
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who hit his head and was knocked 
unconscious.


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the clerk relieved said, "oh my god
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you're a hero man and you should 
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stick around
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'til the cops get here, maybe 
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you'll make the morning news."

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but the hometown hero rose to his 
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feet,
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tossed him the gun and said, 
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"thanks, but I've gotta
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run. I'll take a pack of camel 
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lights and be on my way."

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he stepped outside the door,
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heard the sirens in the distance
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lit his cigarette
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and said, "man these things will 
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kill me someday"
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exhaled smoke and said, "here's to 
hoping"

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