Hometown USA-Slaid Cleaves

[ti:hometown USA] [ar:Slaid Cleaves] [al:Still Fighting the War] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hometown USA - Slaid Cleaves [00:08.39]It's closing time tonight in Harlan [00:11.03] [00:12.69]Set the alarm turn out the lights [00:15.26] [00:17.33]Not a soul out on the sidewalk [00:19.98] [00:21.74]As she steps into the night [00:24.29] [00:26.34]Across the parking lot she fumbles [00:28.92] [00:30.82]In her handbag for the keys [00:33.64] [00:35.33]Another long day of thank yous [00:37.99] [00:38.60]Yes ma'am's and may I help you please [00:42.29] [00:44.03]Sure didn't turn out like she planned [00:47.45] [00:48.58]She thought she'd be a star by now [00:52.08] [00:53.38]Dodging paparazzi cameras [00:56.37] [00:57.53]But she's in Harlan still somehow [01:00.82] [01:02.12]What happened to the leading lady [01:05.31] [01:06.59]Living her life upon the stage [01:09.63] [01:10.98]Still only working as an extra [01:14.26] [01:15.47]In a film called hometown USA [01:18.33] [01:29.04]Now somewhere south of town on 40 [01:31.87] [01:33.30]A Greyhound bus rolls through the night [01:36.69] [01:38.02]Staring out a greasy window [01:40.71] [01:42.32]He keeps searching for the lights [01:45.08] [01:46.77]No choice but head back home to Harlan [01:49.71] [01:51.41]When foreclosure shut him down [01:54.50] [01:55.78]And after all that he had worked for [01:58.75] [01:59.40]Just to end up right back in your hometown [02:03.01] [02:04.94]What happened to the ride 'em cowboy [02:08.04] [02:09.35]Living his life out on the range [02:12.87] [02:13.76]He's just another hired hand now [02:16.99] [02:18.12]In a film called hometown USA [02:21.89] [02:40.79]Now they don't know their fate is turning [02:43.37] [02:45.17]They're drifting closer in the dark [02:48.08] [02:49.70]And as he steps in for a quick one [02:52.65] [02:54.08]She's already at the bar [02:56.54] [02:58.62]Tonight her lines will come so natural [03:02.05] [03:03.23]And he'll tell tales of trails he rode [03:06.53] [03:07.54]They'll fall in love beneath the neon [03:10.28] [03:12.10]Tonight they're gonna steal the show [03:15.20] [03:16.50]Sure didn't turn out like they planned [03:19.71] [03:20.95]But now they've found their own true way [03:24.61] [03:25.58]It's not the big break that they dreamed of [03:28.88] [03:29.93]But you know they're gonna be okay [03:33.56] [03:34.50]It's not a bad part after all now [03:37.65] [03:38.86]In a film called hometown USA