Gene Mitchell Hometown Girls lyrics

Verse 1
Some folks sing about those California girls
How the sunshine turns their skin so brown
But riding on this Greyhound, California fades
As I think about a girl from my hometown
She may not be a movie star, or wear a golden tan
But that hometown girl
Knows how to love her man

Chorus
Hometown girls, can tame the restless soul
Or drive a sane man wild
I'd trade all the girls in all the world
For the love of just one hometown girl

Verse 2
City girls I've found are always on the go
Working hard trying to make ends meet
The city moves too fast for this country boy
A hometown girl is all I'll ever need
My restless soul is getting tired
I've been away too long
In the arms of a hometown girl is where I belong

Chorus
Hometown girls, can tame the restless soul
Or drive a sane man wild

I'd trade all the girls in all the world
For the love of just one hometown girl

Instrumental

Verse 3
Now this greyhound bus has brought me home
I smell diesel as I step down through the door
Looking 'round the square; I see not much has changed
There's Carol Jean's boutique and flower store
I walk inside, paralyzed
She don't ask me where I've been
Then she smiles and I know
I will never leave again

Chorus
Hometown girls, can tame the restless soul
Or drive a sane man wild
I'd trade all the girls in all the world
For the love of just one hometown girl
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Sakes alive, there's nothing like
Hometown girls