Yeah , I met my wife in Florida
when she was seventeen
she'd come down from St. Louie
she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen
Yeah, when I look back now
Catching fish down at the pier
We were young and we had nothing to fear
Hey, hey
Well I got homesick,
Said we're gonna move back home
Back up to Georgia,
To the place that I was born
Yeah, back to this cotton mill town
Where my greatgrandaddy
Still lays in the ground
(Back to my hometown)
Well I found me a job
out at an old cotton mill
The money wasn't very good
But we never missed a meal
Yeah, this cotton mill town
where my roots are still
Buried in the ground
(Yeah, this is my hometown,
In this cotton mill town)
Well I was raised uptown
'bout a block from the square
In this cotton mill town
I didn't have a care
Empty warehouses and freightcar trains
Like ghostly images this town looks the same
Everything's changed, but those memories
They still remain
(Yeah, this cotton mill town
Is my hometown
This cotton mill town - ( repeat last chorus )
